By Bonnie Culverhouse

Sarepta Police arrested a local man early Thursday for domestic abuse battery.

Skylar Dwayne Elkins, 21, of the 100 block of Blocker Chapel Rd., Sarepta, reportedly injured a female victim earlier in the evening.

According to police reports, Elkins head butted the victim in the mouth then pushed her in front of her children, ages 4 and 1. Then, he allegedly attempted to choke her by putting his hands around her throat.

When he followed her to the laundry room, holding her to prevent her escape, she reportedly threw “stuff” at him, grabbed her children and placed them in a vehicle.

The report also states Elkins blocked her door to prevent her from entering the vehicle, then allegedly pushed her to the ground.

When the victim managed to rise and get into the car, she reportedly locked the doors, and Elkins left the scene. The subject was later found at his place of work by Webster Parish Sheriff’s deputies who assisted in the arrest.

Elkins was charged and transported to Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named 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.