A man was arrested for his fifth shoplifting offense in less than a month in Ruston.
Dontrell Williams, 35, listed as homeless in detention center records, was charged with theft by shoplifting May 5.
Ruston Police responded to a report of a theft at the Walmart on the North Service Road about 4:30 p.m. to learn a shoplifter had left the store walking south over the I-20 overpass. He was described as wearing a blue fishing hat and black leather jacket.
An officer found Williams, who was a blue fishing hat, on Willow Glen Drive. A leather jacket and the suspected stolen items, a Bluetooth speaker and a package of socks, were in a box Williams was carrying. When asked where he got the items, Williams said, “You know where I got them from.” He later state he took them from Walmart.
Williams had been barred from Walmart previously because of thefts. He was arrested by Ruston Police for shoplifting on April 21, 26, 29, and May 4.
Williams was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for theft and criminal trespass.
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