Man arrested after sleeping outside Ruston store

A New Orleans man was arrested outside a Ruston supermarket last Tuesday night after complaining that he had been sleeping on the property.

Dontrell Williams, 34, was found sleeping outside the store in the 300 block of South Farmerville Street around 6:45 p.m. on Sept. 24. A records check revealed that there was an Orleans Parish warrant for his arrest. Williams was arrested and a suspected crack cocaine pipe was found in his pocket.

Williams was booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Charges from Orleans Parish are pending an arrest warrant.

This information was provided as public information by a law enforcement agency. Individuals named as suspects or shown in photographs or videos in criminal investigations, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of a crime and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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