A Georgia man was arrested Tuesday evening after he refused to leave the bar of a of Ruston hotel.
Ruston Police responded to a hotel on Maxwell Boulevard regarding a reportedly drunk man who refused to leave the bar after being told to do so.
Officers found Mikal M. Ward, 25, of Chatsworth, Georgia, who appeared to be highly intoxicated. The bartender told officers Ward had been told he needed to go to his room, but he apparently was not listening. Officers had difficulty understanding Ward because of his slurred speech. He was asked multiple times to go to his room, and he refused. An officer asked him to walk outside for a private conversation and Ward ran into a door while walking.
Ward was given multiple chances to go to his room, but he refused. He also refused to provide his room number after hotel staff told him he was no longer allowed in the lobby or bar. He still refused to leave and was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
Ward was booked for disturbing the peace by appearing intoxicated and remaining on premises after being forbidden.
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