A man who gave police a false name while being questioned about a suitcase near a Ruston business sign was arrested Oct. 14 on trespassing and resisting charges, according to an arrest affidavit.
Curtis Ray Dyess, 33, of Ruston, was arrested at 9:01 p.m. by the Ruston Police Department.
An officer was dispatched to the area of Esplanade Boulevard and Cedar Creek Road for a report of a suspicious man carrying a suitcase and leaning on the brick French Quarter sign. The officer found a man in a blue beanie and a leather jacket near some bushes, repeatedly bending over and picking up items. The man kept doing so after being told several times to stop.
When asked his name, the man said it was Julio and began walking south, away from the sign. He walked faster after being told to stop. When he was told to stop again, he did, but he began reaching for items.
The officer and a lieutenant grabbed his wrists and ordered him to put his hands behind his back. The man dropped to his knees and was told that wasn’t necessary. As officers began handcuffing him, he pulled forward and away from them. Officers then put him on the ground and placed him in restraints.
He was advised of his rights and said he understood. A search of his belongings turned up an ID that identified him as Dyess. He said he lives in the French Quarter, but officers knew from a previous call that night that he lives elsewhere. Dyess then said a friend had invited him to her house at the French Quarter, but he refused to give her address or contact information so officers could confirm it.
Dyess was taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center and booked on one count of trespassing, one count of resisting an officer by providing false information and one count of resisting an officer. Bond was set at $1,000 on each resisting count. He was released on his own recognizance on the trespassing count.
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