A Ruston man was arrested last week after police investigated a complaint involving a missing cellphone.
Joshua Robinson, 26, was arrested June 21 and booked for theft and resisting an officer, along with two bench warrants for not appearing in court on earlier charges.
According to a report, an officer met a woman at the police station regarding a theft. The woman said her boyfriend, Robinson, refused to return her phone. Officers accompanied her to a West California Avenue residence to attempt to retrieve the phone.
When police arrived at the residence, Robinson was sitting on a vehicle outside. He began walking away as officers called to him to stop and talk to them. He refused and went inside and locked the door, according to RPD.
Robinson later yelled out that he had thrown the cellphone out a rear bedroom window. Police recovered the phone and returned it to its owner.
Robinson was taken into custody and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. Bail was set at $5,000.
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