By Pat Culverhouse

The third time wasn’t the charm for a 24-year-old man  who now sits in the parish prison on charges arising from a domestic incident during the early morning hours Tuesday.

Javonta L. Ardison, who listed no address and is listed as homeless, was arrested after officers responding to complaints for a third time found him hiding beneath a tarp in the yard of a Police St. residence, Minden Chief of Police Jared McIver said.

“We received multiple calls at a Constable St. residence reporting an altercation between the suspect and a female who said he had hit her,” McIver said. “The male had left the residence when our officers arrived.”

McIver said the suspect reportedly returned about 30 minutes later and broke a window, but again he had left the scene before officers arrived in response. It didn’t take long for police to return, the Chief said.

“About 4:30 a.m., the female resident called saying the suspect had sent multiple text messages claiming he was going to kill her and burn the house down,” he said. “Our officers located him hiding at the Police Street location.”

According to reports, Ardison has been charged with battery of a dating partner and simple criminal damage to property. He is also looking at charges stemming from numerous outstanding warrants, including a fugitive warrant from Red River Parish. 

Ardison currently is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center under bonds totaling $52,500.

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.