Early Sunday morning, Ruston Police Department officers responded to Country Inn and Suites in the 1800 block of Roberta Avenue to a kidnapping allegation.
A Monroe man was taken into custody on Thursday afternoon after he allegedly struck his girlfriend as she was driving with her son in a vehicle in Ruston.
Antony Tywan Newton, 38, of Ruston, has been sentenced to 10 years and four months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphe
