PARIS -- A former Fort Smith man with a history of domestic battery convictions in Sebastian County faces charges related to rape and domestic battery after an incident at a residence near Booneville.

Rickie L. Tigue Jr., 35, of Booneville was arrested Saturday in connection with rape, first-degree false imprisonment and third-degree domestic battering, according to the Logan County Sheriff's Office.

Deputy Louis Koch was dispatched to a residence off South Arkansas 23 south of Booneville near the county line for a domestic altercation Saturday, the Sheriff's Office reported.

Koch spoke with several witnesses who said Tigue recently moved to the address and previously lived in Fort Smith, authorities reported.

Witnesses told Koch that Tigue forced himself onto an adult resident at the

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