Man arrested after suspicious person complaint

A man was arrested early Monday morning following a suspicious person complaint on Null Road, according to the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Christopher D. Thomas, 46, of Simsboro, was arrested around 1 a.m. May 18 after deputies responded to a residence regarding a suspicious person.

According to an arrest affidavit, a homeowner provided deputies with Ring doorbell images of a man she said had been banging on her door and attempting to enter the residence.


While speaking with the homeowner, deputies received another dispatch reporting a man lying in the roadway nearby. Deputies located the individual on Mondy Road and identified him as Thomas.

Thomas appeared intoxicated and disoriented at the time deputies found him. He was booked for criminal mischief and disturbing the peace by intoxication in public.

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