Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

There are those who do not want to take "no" for an answer, which is why those individuals will oftentimes use intimidation and even force to achieve their objective. People who exert their will against someone else have done it more than once before. Once they are accustomed to having/getting their way, it can become a method where someone can get hurt. Often as in the case of domestic abuse situations, those times can be tragic. Thanks to an observant individual who saw something that he knew just was not right, he did what any good citizen would do. He called the police. That unidentified individual whose quick thinking in alerting police to a possible crime may have saved a mother's life. A local man was arrested Saturday, March 19, 2022, and faces charges of Simple Kidnapping, Resisting an Officer, and Violation of a Protective Order. After responding to a call and being directed to a residence where victims were thought to be located, Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office (OPSO) officers arrested Terry Williams, 44, of Monroe. Officers went to an address where it was alleged that Williams dragged in a female adult inside of the residence and, seconds later, also dragged in the woman's daughter, who is a juvenile. The witness said that both individuals were forced inside the residence against their will. While at the residence, officers found the woman and her daughter inside and questioned the woman about the circumstances of how she came to be at the residence. The woman told officers that the suspect allegedly forced her out of her vehicle and forced her to walk to the residence. The witness told officers that Williams allegedly grabbed one of the victims by the neck as he forced that individual from the vehicle. Deputies did not report any injuries to either of the two victims and Williams is now in custody at Ouachita Correctional Center (OCC) facing charges. That unnamed witness deserves all of the credit for doing the right thing and helping save a mother and her daughter from an uncertain fate. There are three sides to every story. This was one side of this story. The Monroe Dispatch welcomes another side.