Rape

A recent report has named a Louisiana college among the top 50 most dangerous universities in the United States.

A Eunice man is charged with the rape of an intellectually disabled girl that happened in August 2023.

Eyewitnesses were shocked to see police with guns drawn on I-10 in Lafayette as authorities made a dramatic arrest on Sunday (Mar. 19).

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.