A Ruston man was arrested Tuesday after he gave a false name to an officer, revealing he was wanted on a warrant.
Tony Bilberry, 33, was arrested about 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30 while police were investigating a traffic incident.
An officer’s report indicated a wheel became detached from Bilberry’s pickup truck as he was traveling on the Tarbutton Road I-20 exit ramp and struck a Ruston Police Department patrol car that was parked in the roadway dealing with another incident.
Bilberry first gave his name at Thomas Randle, but he could not produce any identification. A records check failed to find anyone by that name. Bilberry insisted that was his name. An officer pulled Bilberry aside from his passengers and elicited an admission as to his correct name.
A warrant was found for Bilberry for failure to appear in Third District Court on a traffic charge.
Bilberry was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for resisting an officer by providing false information, expired driver’s license, and the warrant.
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