A Ruston woman was arrested last week after she was stopped for a traffic violation and allegedly lied about her name to conceal that she was wanted.
Kendra S. Ford, 34, was arrested by by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office on March 4 on several warrants and traffic charges.
A deputy stopped Ford when he saw that her vehicle was not displaying a license plate. When he approached the vehicle, he observed a temporary plate in the back window, although it did not appear to be registered to that vehicle.
Ford initially identified herself as Deijah Williams. An attempt to locate a driver’s license under that name was unsuccessful.
The deputy smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the car and a search was conducted. The deputy located a Louisiana identification card for Kendra Ford who finally admitted her true name, saying she lied because there were outstanding warrants for her arrest.
A check of Ford‘s name showed no driver’s license had been issued to and warrants were held by Ruston City Court and Third Judicial District Court for her.
Ford was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for improper display of license plate, failure to register vehicle, resisting an officer by providing false identification, no driver’s license, and warrants from Third District Court for failure to appear on a theft charge and warrants from Ruston City Court charging her with failure to appear on two theft charges.
Ford’s bail was sent at $21,000.
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