By Pat Culverhouse

An alleged attack with a broken broom handle following an argument over late hours has swept a Minden woman into the parish jail on an abuse charge.

Jakyla Rykell Rogers, 20,  was arrested on a charge of aggravated domestic abuse battery for the alleged attack on her live-in boyfriend. She reportedly is being held in the parish jail on a $25,000 bond.

MPD Officer Fabian Carter reportedly answered a call of a domestic disturbance just before 2 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment in the 100 block of Pine St. where he found the victim bleeding from a wound to his face.

During questioning, the officer learned the couple became involved in a verbal altercation over Rogers’ desire to be out late at night. Rogers allegedly became enraged, began to trash the apartment, then struck the victim in the face with a broken plastic broom handle causing a serious laceration.

Further questioning revealed the couple had been living together for approximately two years and had been involved in pervious domestic disturbances.

Rogers reportedly left the scene on foot before police arrived and a warrant was issued for her arrest. She was taken into custody at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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.

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