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• Sheriff's deputies searching for rape suspect

  June 18, 2013 11:47 AM

  GONZALES - Deputies in Ascension Parish asked for the public's help finding a man wanted for raping a young girl. Chief Deputy Tony Bacala released a photo of Justo Venegas, 31, who's wanted for forcible rape of a juvenile. Bacala said on June 9 deputies were called out... more »

• Man wanted in Lake Charles death added to FBI list

  June 17, 2013 11:55 AM

  LAKE CHARLES - The FBI has added a man wanted for a 2008 rape and murder in Lake Charles to its Ten Most Wanted list. Twenty-five-year-old Jose Manuel Garcia Guevara is accused of breaking into the home of 26-year-old Wanda Barton and her husband on Feb. 19, 2008 and raping... more »

• Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case

  June 12, 2013 8:19 AM

  CLEVELAND - A Cleveland man has pleaded not guilty to holding three women captive in his home for a decade and raping them. 52-year-old Ariel Castro was arraigned Wednesday on an indictment charging him with murder, kidnapping and rape in more than 300 counts. The murder charge involves... more »

• Rape, attempted murder charges after hotel shooting

  May 31, 2013 12:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE - One man is in jail after an alleged sex deal ended in a shooting early this morning. Clifton Lee Jones, 37, was arrested after reports of gunfire in a room at the Comfort Suites on Valley Creek. Police say Jones was climbing out a rear... more »

• Suspect sought in rape near LSU

  May 20, 2013 3:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Detectives are investigating a rape reported over the weekend near the LSU campus. Investigators say around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, the 25-year-old victim was standing outside her home between Nicholson and Burbank when she was approached by a man with a knife. She says the man... more »

• Lawyers: Ohio kidnap suspect will plead not guilty

  May 15, 2013 9:50 AM

  CLEVELAND - The attorneys for a Cleveland man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade say he will plead not guilty. Attorneys Craig Weintraub and Jay Schlachet say that suspect Ariel Castro has been portrayed as a "monster" in the media, and after meeting with him... more »

• New Orleans police officer booked with forcible rape

  April 18, 2013 10:50 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer has been arrested and booked with the alleged forcible rape of a 15 year-old girl. Police spokeswoman Remi Braden says 42-year-old Desmond Pratt was also booked on charges of sexual battery. Braden says Pratt was placed on emergency suspension without pay following... more »

• Accused rapist back in jail

  April 10, 2013 11:23 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A former male model is back in the Orleans Parish Prison after a judge found that he violated his bond by flirting with college sophomores during a Carnival parade at his parents' home. He was there on house arrest. The Times-Picayune reports Dean Kelly is charged with... more »

• Suspect identified in robbery, rape

  March 27, 2013 3:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police released the name of a man wanted in Baton Rouge for armed robbery and aggravated rape. Cpl. Tommy Stubbs said investigators were looking for Tyrone Lentrell Pope, 20, in connection with an incident early Saturday morning. Stubbs said just after midnight on March 23... more »

• Cold case grant leads to murder arrest Play Video

  March 26, 2013 4:09 PM

  GONZALES - Deputies in Ascension Parish said DNA evidence from the rape and murder of Jeannie Lavigne helped them make an arrest 23 years after the crime was committed. Detectives arrested Kenneth Lavigne, the nephew of the victim's ex-husband, in suspicion of aggravated rape and first-degree murder. Ryan... more »

• Shreveport teen booked on rape charge

  March 15, 2013 8:28 AM

  SHREVEPORT - A teen boy is behind bars on charges he raped a 15-year-old girl at Woodlawn High School. Police say the incident happened about 9 a.m. Wednesday on the school campus. Few details about the incident are being released, but Caddo deputies say the 14-year-old was arrested and booked... more »

• Trial to begin in Ohio school football rape case

  March 13, 2013 10:45 AM

  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Television news trucks are lined up outside an eastern Ohio courthouse for the trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl. The case set to be heard in juvenile court Wednesday has brought unprecedented attention to the small city of... more »

• Zachary releases latest crime statistics

  February 13, 2013 7:29 AM

  ZACHARY - Crime in Zachary rose slightly by some measures and fell by others during 2012. Police Chief David McDavid delivered the crime figures to the City Council on Tuesday. Larceny thefts and burglaries increased slightly, from 258 thefts and 10 burglaries in 2011 to 368 and 26 in 2012,... more »

• Ohio judge weighs whether to keep rape trial open

  January 25, 2013 2:43 AM

  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - An Ohio judge plans to decide whether the trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl should be closed to the public. The girl and her parents, one defendant and state Attorney General Mike DeWine all want next month's trial closed, either... more »

• Suspects arrive at court for India gang rape trial

  January 24, 2013 2:46 AM

  NEW DELHI - Five men accused in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus have arrived at a special fast-track court for the start of their trial. The court is expected to hear opening arguments Thursday as the rape and murder trial gets... more »

• Man booked for raping elderly woman

  January 8, 2013 9:58 AM

  MARRERO - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say an 83-year-old woman was raped in her Marrero home after she interrupted a burglary. Deputies arrested a suspect, 51-year-old Kenneth Adams, and booked him with aggravated rape, aggravated burglary, simple robbery, resisting an officer, battery on a police officer, possession of drug... more »

• Police: man wanted in Baton Rouge for rape, incest

  January 4, 2013 1:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Police are looking for a man, accused of rape and incest. Investigators said Eric Jason Atwell is wanted for the crimes that happened in city limits between February 2010 and November 2010. Police did not release specifics about what happened. "Atwell is wanted for aggravated... more »

• India's top cop calls for rape crackdown

  January 4, 2013 7:02 AM

  NEW DELHI - India's top law enforcement official says the nation needs to crack down on crimes against women with "an iron hand" if it is to prevent rapes and other attacks. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde spoke today at a conference of state officials from across India that was... more »

• Weatherton given life sentence for kidnapping, rape

  December 18, 2012 5:32 PM

  GONZALES - An Ascension Parish judge handed down a life sentence today for a man convicted of kidnapping and rape who was featured on "America's Most Wanted". Bobby Weatherton acted as his own attorney in the sentencing phase of the trial. He was convicted in March of beating and... more »

• Covington firefighter pleads guilty to rape charge

  December 11, 2012 10:06 AM

  COVINGTON - A 29-year-old Covington firefighter accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to forcible rape. The St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office says Theodore George Williams could face up to 40 years in prison when he returns to court on Jan. 22 for sentencing. ... more »

• 13-year-old rape suspect convicted

  October 17, 2012 7:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A 13-year-old boy has been found guilty in juvenile court of two counts of sexual battery. The verdict is connected to a case involving three younger boys who said the teenager raped them. At the time of the crimes, the teen was 12-years-old. Names of those involved... more »

• Police release sketch of rape, kidnapping suspect

  October 3, 2012 4:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police released an artist's sketch of the man suspected in a rape and kidnapping reported in Baton Rouge. Lt. Don Kelly with BRPD said the victim in the case described the man as awhite male, 30 to 35 years of age, average height and weight, with... more »

• Police investigating reported kidnapping, rape

  October 2, 2012 1:07 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police in Baton Rouge said they're investigating a reported kidnapping and rape south of the LSU campus. Lt. Don Kelly said the alleged victim told police that on Monday afternoon she was approached by a man in the parking lot of an apartment complex near Brightside... more »

• La. death row inmate cleared by DNA

  September 28, 2012 4:45 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A 38-year-old man wrongly convicted of raping and killing his step-cousin in 1997 was released Friday from Louisiana's death row after DNA tests found him to be innocent. Pam Laborde, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Corrections, said Damon Thibodeaux was released at about 12:30 p.m.... more »

• Rape accuser says she was trying to breathe

  September 19, 2012 7:33 PM

  A woman who says she was raped at the Denver airport says she didn't scream because she was being choked. The woman testified she stopped saying no and was trying to breathe when she was attacked last year on a concourse after refusing a request for a kiss. The woman... more »

• Tolbert Morris found guilty of 1990 rape, murder Play Video

  September 13, 2012 5:55 PM

  GONZALES- Jurors took about an hour to find a Carville man guilty of kidnapping, rape and murder for the 1990 killing of an Ascension Parish woman. Tolbert Morris, 56, was accused of abducting 18-year-old Tammy Bowers and raping her before killing her. The jury returned guilty verdicts for... more »

• Jury finds Morris guilty of 1990 rape, murder

  September 13, 2012 2:39 PM

  GONZALES - Jurors found a Carville man guilty of kidnapping, rape and murder for the 1990 killing of an Ascension Parish woman. Tolbert Morris, 56, was accused of abducting 18-year-old Tammy Bowers and raping her before killing her. The jury returned guilty verdicts for the charges of second-degree... more »

• TPSO: Man hid in home, raped woman at knifepoint

  September 10, 2012 4:00 PM

  HAMMOND - Sheriff's deputies arrested a Tangipahoa Parish man after they said he hid in an acquaintance's home and then raped her at knifepoint. Sheriff Daniel Edwards said deputies arrested Michael A. Taylor, 49, of Independence this past Friday. Investigators said the night before, Taylor broke into an... more »

• Mo. lawmaker still defiant, won't quit Senate race

  August 22, 2012 7:21 AM

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Embattled Rep. Todd Akin is insisting he's in the U.S. Senate race to stay, saying "this is not about my ego" but about the voters of Missouri who chose him as their nominee. Akin confirms in a nationally broadcast interview that Republican vice presidential candidate... more »

• Mo. GOP leaders call for Akin to quit Senate race

  August 21, 2012 1:19 PM

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Five patriarchs of the Missouri Republican Party have called on U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin to withdraw from the race after comments he made about rape. The joint statement was issued Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and four former senators from Missouri - John Ashcroft,... more »

• Akin: GOP response to rape comments 'overreaction'

  August 21, 2012 1:12 PM

  ST. LOUIS - Rep. Todd Akin says his fellow Republicans have overreacted to his comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in case of "legitimate rape." Akin told former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Huckabee's radio show Tuesday that he hasn't done anything morally or ethically wrong, but got... more »

• Mo. Congressman releases online apology ad

  August 21, 2012 9:08 AM

  ST. LOUIS - On a day when his political future might be decided, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri is airing a new television advertisement apologizing again for his comments that women can somehow prevent pregnancy after "legitimate rapes." Akin faces a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to decide whether he... more »

• Senate candidate's rape comments draw bipartisan condemnation

  August 20, 2012 12:47 PM

  WASHINGTON - Politicians on both sides of the aisle condemned comments about rape made by a Senate candidate in Missouri. Both President Obama and his GOP challenger Mitt Romney condemned Missouri GOP Congressman Todd Akin's rape comments. Obama said it shows danger of men deciding women's health issues.... more »

• Police: man who attacked, raped woman arrested

  July 28, 2012 12:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Michael Rushing, 47, was arrested early Saturday morning for an attack that put women in the Baton Rouge area on edge. Rushing is charged with aggravated rape and 2nd degree kidnapping. He's accused of taking a woman at gunpoint Friday from a medical complex parking lot... more »

• Man sought in kidnapping, rape in Baton Rouge

  July 27, 2012 2:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said a woman was abducted from Baton Rouge today, taken to another parish and raped before being dropped off back in the city. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely with Baton Rouge Police said a woman was in the parking lot of a clinic on Essen when she... more »

• Police: Idaho man solicited wife's rape online

  July 17, 2012 12:45 PM

  TWIN FALLS, Idaho - An Idaho man is charged with soliciting men to rape his wife through the "casual encounters" section of Craigslist. The 32-year-old Twin Falls man was arraigned Monday on charges of solicitation of rape and burglary. The Associated Press is withholding his name to protect the identity... more »

• Man arrested for rape of teen in St. Landry Parish

  July 2, 2012 2:41 PM

  Authorities in St. Landry Parish have arrested a man accused of raping a 13 year-old female at her home over the weekend. According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, 42 year-old Jessie Ray Young let himself into the teen's home in Bunkie without permission, after her mother left for work.... more »

• Search for accused rapist in Baton Rouge

  July 2, 2012 7:36 AM

  BATON ROUGE - East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Deputies are looking for a man they say forced his way into an apartment early Monday morning and then fled out a window when deputies arrived. Sheriff's official say it happened just after 6 a.m. in the 8100 block of Jefferson... more »

• Nebraska court: Woman must testify in rape case

  May 11, 2012 12:39 PM

  OMAHA, Neb. - The Nebraska Supreme Court says a Kansas woman can be sent to jail for refusing to testify against the Nebraska man she has accused of sexual assault. The woman had refused to testify, saying it would shame her and her family. But a Nebraska judge ordered her... more »

• Man arrested in rape at Baton Rouge apartment

  May 10, 2012 8:57 AM

  BATON ROUGE- A man was arrested Tuesday in the October rape of a woman at a Baton Rouge apartment complex, according to police. They say Dillian Smith approached the woman outside an apartment and tried to get her to agree to have sex with him. When the woman... more »

• Man charged with rape, kidnapping after police shootout

  April 12, 2012 6:17 PM

  HAMMOND - A man accused of raping kidnapping two women and raping on of them near Hammond was shot and wounded by Hammond Police early this morning, according to sources. Police said Durelle Jones, 24, was taken to a hospital after exchanging gunfire with two Hammond Police Officers. It... more »

• Accused rapist shot by police in Hammond

  April 12, 2012 11:26 AM

  HAMMOND - A man accused of raping two women near Hammond was shot and wounded by Hammond Police early this morning, according to sources. Police said Durelle Jones, 24, was taken to a a hospital after exchanging gunfire with two Hammond Police Officers. It happened after police confronted him... more »

• Lawyer: Prisoner is HIV positive after jail rapes

  March 28, 2012 10:23 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Southern Poverty Law Center accuses New Orleans jail officials of failing to protect a transsexual prisoner from being repeatedly raped. In a letter Tuesday to Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, SPLC attorney Katie Schwartzmann claims the prisoner was gang-raped at knifepoint in February and tested positive... more »

• 11-year-old girl tells mom she was raped in letter

  March 28, 2012 9:16 AM

  BAYOU L'OURSE- Assumption Parish Sheriff's deputies responded to a home in Bayou L'Ourse on reports of a rape. On February 29, 2012, deputies spoke to a mother of an 11 year old girl. She told deputies that she noticed a handwritten letter on her table, and when she... more »

• Opening statements begin in rape, slaying case

  March 27, 2012 2:39 PM

  Baton Rouge- Opening statements have begun in the trial of a convicted Baton Rouge sex offender accused of raping and drowning a 29-year-old Zachary woman in April 2010. 45-year-old Franklin Meredith Jr. is charged with aggravated rape and second-degree murder in the slaying of Jennifer Gonzales, whose body was... more »

• Jury selection begins in rape, drowning case

  March 27, 2012 8:36 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Jury selection is under way in the trial of a convicted Baton Rouge sex offender accused of raping and drowning a 29-year-old Zachary woman in April 2010. The Advocate reports 45-year-old Franklin Meredith Jr. is charged with aggravated rape and second-degree murder in the slaying of Jennifer... more »

• Woodlawn High bus driver booked in aggravated rape

  March 26, 2012 7:14 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 61-year-old Woodlawn High School bus driver for allegedly persuading an 18-year-old female mentally disabled student who rode his bus to perform a sex act. Donald Bordelon of Zachary was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Friday on counts of aggravated rape.... more »

• Jury convicts man in rape-kidnap case

  March 22, 2012 8:41 AM

  LIVINGSTON - A Livingston Parish jury has found 25-year-old Allen Lee Martin of Ponchatoula guilty of aggravated rape and related crimes in connection with a February 2011 attack on an Albany woman. The jury of 10 women and two men also convicted Martin Wednesday on charges of aggravated burglary, second-degree... more »

• Man arrested in rape of girl

  March 14, 2012 11:34 AM

  BATON ROUGE- A man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl last year was arrested. Delvin Puckett, 18, was booked into parish prison for forcible rape. According to the warrant, the victim was trying to hide from a group of girls who she said were trying to fight her... more »

• Shreveport man arrested in rape of young girl

  March 5, 2012 2:19 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La.- Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a Shreveport man for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Sheriff Steve Prator said Monday that 30-year-old Dameon Taylor was arrested Friday on one count of aggravated rape. He was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center. Bond was set at $1 million. Prator,... more »

• Dad accused of Rape and Pimping his Kids

  February 29, 2012 7:38 PM

  A father who adopted a girl and two boys and who was in process of adopting another boy is accused of raping three of the kids in Troy, Ohio. He's also accused of allowing other men to have sex with one of them. He's held on $800,000 bond and is... more »

• New Roads man held on rape, kidnap charges

  February 28, 2012 10:28 AM

  NEW ROADS - A 33-year-old New Roads man has been arrested on rape and second-degree kidnapping charges. The rape victim told police she agreed to ride with her attacker to a Baton Rouge store on Saturday. Instead, according to police, the woman said her attacker drove her to... more »

• Ohio teen sentenced in rape of child at McDonald's

  February 21, 2012 12:43 PM

  CINCINNATI - A 13-year-old boy who admitted raping a 5-year-old girl at a McDonald's play area in southwest Ohio has been sentenced to an inpatient treatment facility for at least six months. The Hamilton County Juvenile Court administrator says the boy must successfully complete treatment before his release from the... more »

• Teen rape suspect to appear in juvenile court

  February 21, 2012 11:32 AM

  BATON ROUGE- A teen accused of raping a student at Tara High School will appear in juvenile court on Wednesday. Quinton Adams, 18, is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl behind the curtains in the school's auditorium. Both students are in a special needs program at the school.... more »

• Student accused of raping another student at Tara High

  February 17, 2012 12:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE- East Baton Rouge Parish Detectives arrested an 18-year-old student at Tara High School in Baton Rouge. Quinton Adams is accused of raping a 14-year-old student. Sheriff's deputies were called to the school after the victim's teacher could not locate her. The victim allegedly went into... more »

• DNA brings conviction in 1996 rape in New Orleans

  February 17, 2012 8:38 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The Orleans Parish district attorney says DNA from a rape 16 years ago has convicted a 35-year-old man of a sexual assault committed when he was 19. A jury in New Orleans convicted William Danastasio on Thursday of one count each of aggravated rape and aggravated kidnapping.... more »

• Man arrested in Assumption Parish rape

  January 29, 2012 2:46 PM

  ASSUMPTION PARISH- A Plattenville man is accused of raping a woman in her own home. The victim says Farrantee Alexis showed up at the front door of her Assumption Parish home Thursday night. She says when she opened the door, the 34-year-old pushed his way into her house. ... more »

• BRPD: Hernandez still "potential suspect" in attack

  December 14, 2011 4:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said today that a man arrested for rape in Baton Rouge had not been ruled out from a second attack, as they had previously reported. Sgt. Don Kelly said "inaccurate information" was released that 18-year-old Allan Hernandez, who was arrested in suspicion of a rape... more »

• BRPD: DNA clears suspect of attack Play Video

  December 8, 2011 6:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - DNA evidence linked Allan Hernandez to a rape on Stanford, but it cleared him of an attempted rape on Lee Drive, according to Baton Rouge Police. Detectives thought Hernandez may have been responsible for both attacks because they happened in a similar manner: a man walked... more »

• Police: BR rape suspect arrested

  December 3, 2011 10:24 AM

  BATON ROUGE- An 18 year old has been arrested, accused of raping a 26 year-old woman inside her Stanford Avenue apartment. Allan Hernandez was charged with aggravated rape and aggravated burglary. Police arrested him just before midnight Friday evening. Detectives call him a "potential suspect" in another attack... more »

• Sketch of wanted rapist released Play Video

  December 1, 2011 1:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - BRPD released a sketch Thursday of the rapist authorities believe committed two assaults in the LSU area over the past two weeks. The suspect is described as an Hispanic male in his 20's, 5'5"-5'8", thin to medium build, wavy hair, driving an older model, maroon or... more »

• Police warn of rapist in Baton Rouge Play Video

  November 29, 2011 9:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Police say two women, one who was raped at knifepoint and another who was grabbed from behind and choked, gave similar descriptions of their attacker. Police describe the rapist as a Hispanic man who speaks broken English, in his mid-20's, medium build, and stands five-foot five-inches to... more »

• Ex-Lafourche Parish deputy convicted of raping child

  November 19, 2011 3:17 PM

  THIBODAUX, LA- A former Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputy faces a mandatory life sentence after being convicted of raping a child. 34-year-old David Lewellen was convicted Friday, after a three-day trial. He was arrested in August 2010 after admitting to investigators that he repeatedly raped a girl who was then... more »

• Rape trial scheduled Wednesday for ex-deputy

  November 15, 2011 11:27 AM

  THIBODAUX, La. - A former Lafourche Parish sheriff's deputy accused of repeatedly raping a 6-year-old relative is scheduled for trial Wednesday. The Daily Comet reports that 34-year-old David Lewellen is charged with aggravated rape. When he was arrested in August 2010, deputies said he allegedly had sex with the... more »

• Former LSU Football player charged with raping teen

  November 13, 2011 12:51 PM

  ASCENSION PARISH- Ascension Parish Sheriff's Deputies arrested a former LSU football player accused of raping a teenage girl. Deputies charged 23-year-old Charles E. Scott Jr. with simple rape Sunday afternoon. Scott was the lead running back in 2008 and 2009. According to the 18-year-old victim, Scott Jr.... more »

• Man released from prison after wrongly jailed for 30 years

  October 21, 2011 11:58 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- A man was released from Angola State Penitentiary this morning after being cleared of a rape conviction that kept him behind bars for nearly 30 years. Henry James, now 50, was convicted and sentenced to life without parole on May 7, 1982. JenDe O'Keefe Trigg, managing director... more »

• 5 suspects arrested in rape case

  August 21, 2011 9:40 AM

  CLINTON, La.- East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested five people accused of raping a woman in the back of a pickup truck, Sheriff Talmadge Bunch said. Deputies responding to a call about shots fired on Hockaday Lane, east of Slaughter, found a naked woman in the truck who... more »

• 7 women accuse Oregon anesthesiologist of sex abuse

  August 9, 2011 1:00 PM

  THE DALLES, Ore. - Five more women have accused an anesthesiologist at an Oregon hospital of sexual abuse, bringing the total to seven. The Oregonian reports Dr. Frederick George Field was charged with rape and felony sexual abuse in an arraignment Monday, based on the new allegations. A... more »

• BRPD looking for rapist

  August 1, 2011 2:10 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Detectives are asking for the public's help in their investigation of a recent rape in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge Police say a man broke into a home on the 11000 block of Willow Oak Ave. Sunday night and forcibly raped the 58-year-old victim. Police also... more »

• Judge Retires after Rape Arrest

  July 26, 2011 7:35 PM

  A judge in New Mexico arrested for rape will retire rather than face a disciplinary hearing and agreed not to seek a judicial office again. Judge Pat Murdoch will retire on Friday after the state Supreme Court accepted an agreement hashed out between Murdoch and the Judicial Standards Commission. Murdoch... more »

• Lake Charles man accused of raping girl

  July 22, 2011 12:46 PM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. - Authorities have arrested a 58-year-old Lake Charles man on allegations that he repeatedly raped a 16-year-old girl who had run away from home. The American Press reports Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputies arrested Steve Guillory after a monthlong investigation and charged him with forcible rape and... more »

• Baker man arrested for rape twice in five months

  July 18, 2011 5:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A man from Baker is behind bars, again, accused of rape. Christopher Nehemiah Sims, 19, has been arrested and charged with rape twice in the past five months. A former co-worker, who asked not to be identified, described Sims as quiet, but someone she felt uncomfortable... more »

• Rape suspect arrested after fleeing to Miss.

  July 11, 2011 3:10 AM

  JACKSON- A man accused of raping a teen-aged girl then fleeing to Brookhaven, Miss. has been arrested. A police sting led to the arrest of David R. Sanders, 34. Police say the suspect lured a 15-year-old girl to his house, raped her then fled to Brookhaven, Miss. on... more »

• Man dies while raping elderly South Texas woman

  June 14, 2011 1:23 PM

  REFUGIO, Texas - Investigators say a man has died while in the act of raping an elderly South Texas woman. The Refugio County Sheriff's Office identifies the man as 53-year-old Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez. Sheriff's Sgt. Gary Wright says the incident happened June 2 after he rode two miles... more »

• EBRSO: Man raped juvenile relative

  June 13, 2011 6:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office arrested 52-year-old James "Jimmy" Lyon Sunday night inside a pharmacy on George O'Neal Avenue. He's accused of raping a juvenile female relative. Investigators went to his house Sunday afternoon to make an arrest. According to the Sheriff's Office, Lyon would... more »

• La. House committee approves ban on abortions

  May 24, 2011 1:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - A proposal to ban abortions in Louisiana has won approval from a House health care committee. Republican John LaBruzzo, of Metairie, says his bill would threaten the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling by prompting lawsuits from pro-choice groups. The measure would... more »

• Eight in St. Landry accused of sexually abusing children

  May 23, 2011 3:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Eight people have been arrested in suspicion of sexually abusing three young girls in St. Landry Parish this past October, according to State Police. Superintendent Mike Edmonson said seven of the suspects were arrested early Friday morning, and the eighth suspect turned himself in to authorities... more »

• BRPD releases sketch of Tigerland rape suspect

  May 20, 2011 2:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police released a sketch today of the man wanted for raping a woman in the Tigerland area south of LSU in Baton Rouge. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said the man was between six-and-a-half and seven feet tall with a heavy build, and is believed to be in... more »

• Baker PD arrest man in suspicion of raping child

  May 11, 2011 5:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Baker Police arrested a Baton Rouge man today after they said he raped a small child. Baker Police said Israel Derron Kenneth Turner, 23, was arrested without incident at his home in Baton Rouge and accused of aggravated rape. Police said the victim's mother made... more »

• Denver Airport Rape

  April 13, 2011 7:40 PM

  A woman says she was raped at Denver International Airport while two janitors walked by and did nothing. Noel Bertrand of Portland, Oregon was arrested for the the attack and his bail was set at $50,000. A family member of the woman making the allegation says she missed a connecting... more »

• BR students accused of sexually assaulting girl in locker room

  April 8, 2011 11:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Police officers have arrested three high school students in Baton Rouge in suspicion of raping a girl in the boy's locker room. Sgt. Don Stone with BRPD said officers arrested Gregory Johnson, 17, Nathan Deon Johnson, 18, and Jourdan Micah Robinson, 17, on Thursday. He... more »