HAMMOND, LA (WAFB) -
Court officials said a police
officer was indicted on kidnapping, rape and other charges Friday.
According to District Attorney
Scott Perrilloux, a grand jury in Tangipahoa Parish indicted Grant Carruth, 25,
of Husser, on the following:
Second-degree kidnapping (2
counts)
Aggravated rape
Sexual battery
Armed robbery
Carruth was an officer with the
Amite Police Department at the time of his arrest. His current status with the
department is unknown.
Deputies with the Tangipahoa
Parish Sheriff's Office took Carruth into custody on September 30.
Sheriff Daniel Edwards said his
office has been investigating two separate cases for about a month that
involved women being kidnapped and sexually assaulted. The cases were reported
on August 11 and September 20. Authorities said the suspect was more violent
toward the second victim.
He added in both cases, the
victims reported they were approached by a man who identified himself as a
narcotics officer and would then tell them that they were being placed under
arrest.