Rape

State officials are suspending the liquor license of a Tigerland bar in the wake of reports that a 19-year-old LSU student was heavily drinking there before being raped and then fatally struck by a vehicle.

Authorities arrested four individuals Monday (Jan. 23) in the rape of LSU student Madison Brooks who was later hit and killed by a vehicle after being left in a neighborhood nearby.

Convicted Sex Offender Arrested Over Repeated Offenses

Mathan M. Thompson, 22, of Lake Charles is accused of first-degree rape and armed robbery.

Khalil D. Tyler, 23, of Lake Charles faces multiple charges related to the 1st-degree rape of a child.

Two men were arrested for carnal knowledge of a juvenile and one was arrested for rape in relation to an ongoing human trafficking case.

Michael Ward, 45, of Westlake is charged with 10 counts of 1st-degree rape, 40 counts of indecent behavior and 2 counts of pornography involving a juvenile.

CPSO re-arrested Deidre R. Smith of Sulphur, a former teacher in Lake Charles, on 17 additional counts of sexual offenses with a 10-year-old student.

John F. Nichols of Lake Charles was arrested and charged on February 26, for 3rd-degree rape after the victim reported the incident three days prior to his arrest.

A local man, John Ledoux, of Lake Charles was arrested and booked into C.C.C. on charges of 1st-degree rape and false imprisonment.

Today in Tha Wire a woman accuses Breezy's friend of raping her at the singers crib. LAPD investigated turning up no proof, and an inconclusive rape kit.

Today in Tha Wire, Mystikal has been charged with rape, again. Shreveport police say DNA evidence puts him at the scene and links him to the crime.