A Ruston woman was arrested April 23 following an investigation on McDonald Avenue, according to authorities.
A Ruston Police Department report says the arrest occurred at about 8:37 p.m. at a residence in the 700 block of McDonald Avenue.
Police identified the suspect as Nakisha Evans, 48, of Ruston.
According to the report, officers were conducting an investigation of a hit and run crash that occurred April 17. The vehicle involved was identified as a 2009 Chevrolet Impala registered to Evans.
Officers made contact with Evans and advised her of the investigation. The report states Evans confirmed her daughter had been driving the vehicle.
Officers requested proof of insurance and a driver’s license, but Evans refused to provide the documents. Officers then attempted to place Evans under arrest.
According to police, Evans pulled away and began walking away from officers. When officers followed, Evans fell to the ground and then kicked an officer in the chest.
Evans was then taken into custody and transported to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
She was booked on charges of interfering with a law enforcement investigation, resisting an officer, battery of a police officer, and a bench warrant for failure to appear in court on a suspended driver’s license charge.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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