The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Saline man Monday after he allegedly committed assault on two family members.
Benjamin Jack Collinsworth, 36, was charged with two counts of domestic abuse battery on January 26 after deputies responded to a disturbance call on La. Highway 818 southwest of Ruston.
Collinsworth’s relative said Collinsworth was an alcoholic and had been drinking most of the day. He said Collinsworth had been calling him and his wife profane names and swearing at them. At one point, Collinsworth allegedly punched his relative in the abdomen and pushed the relative’s wife into a metal chair, causing a laceration to her hand.
A deputy wrote in a report that Collinsworth was confrontational and did not want to speak to deputies.
Collinsworth was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
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