By Pat Culverhouse

Two Doyline men are currently in custody facing charges relating to an incident Wednesday where a family member reportedly was attacked and beaten and a firearm was involved.

Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker said 24-year-old Nathaniel Joseph Lewis and 20-year-old Colby B. Lucas were arrested after deputies investigated a reported assault at a Meadow Brook Lane residence in Doyline.

“Deputies Chris Madonna and Justin Spillers were dispatched to investigate and while on his way there, Deputy Spillers was informed the suspects had left the scene in a black pickup,” Parker said. “He spotted the vehicle and pulled the suspects over on Highway 527.”

Deputies placed the suspects in custody without incident and returned to the Meadow Brook Lane residence where witnesses said the pair had attacked one of the men’s relatives. Parker said witnesses told deputies Lucas had brandished a firearm during the altercation.

During a search of the suspects’ vehicle, deputies reportedly found a firearm to which Lucas admitted ownership, and a small amount of marijuana.

Lucas is facing charges of simple battery, aggravated battery with a firearm and possession of CDS Sch. I (marijuana), while Lewis is being held for simple battery and possession of CDS Sch. I (marijuana). Bond has not been set.

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.