Officers from the Minden Police Department were dispatched in reference to a disturbance that was reported in the 800 block of Center Street. Once officers arrived on the scene, they made contact with Theresa Muse.
“Muse stated her and her daughter … got into an argument and fell and hit her head on the table. Muse stated she held (her daughter) and tried to calm her down,” the booking report stated.
Police noted in the arrest report that Muse had evidence of multiple defensive wounds on her, including scratch marks on her chest, a red scratch on her head, and her nose was red and purple like she had been hit in the nose.
The daughter later gave officers a different perspective on the event, stating, “her and T. Muse got into an argument. (The daughter stated that T. Muse slapped her and she fell and hit the table.”
Muse was arrested on charges of cruelty to juveniles and transported to the Minden Police Department while awaiting transportation to the BDCC.