Ruston Police arrested a local man Sunday after investigating injuries to a man in a fight.
Abel Gomez-Martinez, 41, of Ruston, was arrested for second degree battery after he was treated for his own injuries at the Northern Louisiana Medical Center.
Ruston officers responded to a Kirkland Street residence shortly after midnight Sunday morning where they found several men sitting on the porch and another already in an ambulance. Through a translator, officers learned several men had been drinking and later one man unexpectedly attacked another.
A translator said Gomez-Martinez, who was in the house, went outside with a broken glass bottle and cut another man on the neck. The wounded man defended himself by biting Gomez-Martinez’s fingers and scratching him on the face.
Gomez-Martinez was transported to the Northern Louisiana Medical Center for injuries to his fingers and face. Gomez-Martinez told officers he did not cut the other man with a glass bottle. The alleged victim was also taken to the hospital for a laceration to his upper neck and bruises to his face. The victim said he and the other men were drinking on the porch, and Gomez-Martinez came home, walked into the house and moment later, came outside and attacked him with a broken glass bottle.
After his treatment in the emergency room, Gomez-Martinez was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for second degree battery.
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