By Bob Warren, NOLA.com | The
Times-Picayune
An Amite police officer has
been accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in Tangipahoa
Parish, a Baton Rouge television station reports. The Tangipahoa Parish
Sheriff's Office arrested Grant Carruth, 25, Tuesday (Sept. 30) on charges of
second degree kidnapping, aggravated rape, sexual battery, and theft, according
to a story on WBRZ.com.
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff
Daniel Edwards said Carruth is accused of arresting two women while posing as a
narcotics agent and forcing them to perform sex acts before releasing them, the
television station. The Sheriff's Office said in a news release the incidents
allegedly happened Aug. 11 and Sept. 20.
Deputies said the women
identified Carruth as their attacker, the story said.
