Detectives identified Christian Henry McLendon, 29 and Mattie Kay Robbins, 69, both of Boyce, as suspects.
After conducting a thorough investigation, which included interviews of the victims with the Rapides Childrenâs Advocacy Center and with the assistance of the Louisiana Department of Child and Family Services, Detectives were able to establish sufficient probable cause that supported the original, as well as additional allegations.
Detectives obtained warrants for McLendonâs arrest in reference to two counts 1st Degree Rape and one count Oral Sexual Battery and Robbinsâ arrest in reference to Failure to Report the Commission of Sexual Abuse of a Child and Obstruction of Justice.
Two Boyce residents have been arrested after a complaint about the alleged sexual abuse of a minor, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office.
The complaint was taken on March 6, and detectives began an investigation that soon focused on Christian Henry McLendon, 29, and Mattie Kay Robbins, 69, both of the 500 block of St. Clair Road, reads a release.
Detectives worked with the Louisiana Department of Child and Family Services and the Children s Advocacy Network during the investigation into the original allegation, as well as additional ones that were uncovered.
Both were arrested on March 12 and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center #1 in downtown Alexandria.
The trial of a woman accused in the 2018 neglect death of her adult daughter has been moved to later this year after her public defender quit last week.
Karen Johnson Harrison, 49, now will face an Oct. 18 trial on charges of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit second-degree murder, cruelty to the infirm and cruelty to a juvenile.
She and two others, 54-year-old Marilyn Sue Maricle and 58-year-old Glen Elva Maricle, were arrested by the Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office in late November 2018 after a call about a natural death at the Plainview-area home where they all lived.
Deputies found the body of Cyra Shantelle Marie Harrison, 25, but notified detectives after seeing the state of the body and conditions at the home. Harrison s minor son also was living at the home.
Police searching for runaway teen in Rapides Parish
and last updated 2021-03-09 21:10:56-05
ALEXANDRIA, La. â The Rapides Parish Sheriffâs Office is requesting the publicâs assistance in locating a runaway juvenile, Alyssa Herbert.
Alyssa is a 17 year old white female, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
Alyssa is 5â1â tall and weighs approximately 100 pounds.
On Saturday, March 6th 2021, Alyssa was reported missing from a residence located in the Kelly Land Subdivision.
Alyssa was last seen on the previous evening wearing blue jeans and a blue jacket.
If anyone has seen or has information concerning Alyssa Herbert, you are asked to contact Detective David Rundell at (318) 473-6727, the Rapides Parish Sheriffâs Office at (318) 473-6700 or local law enforcement.
A girl arrested as a juvenile in a drug-related homicide and later indicted on a first-degree murder and other charges had her $500,000 bond sharply reduced on Tuesday.
Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Greg Beard granted the motion and set bail for Kaitlyn Leeann Carlino, 17, at $25,000 just days before her 18th birthday. Jail booking information does not show up for Carlino on the Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office website.
Testimony from a Pineville Police Department detective in the hearing provided new details into the shooting of Edwin Davidson Jr., 17, who died in October 2020 after three men opened fire outside an Orchard Loop home because they were mad about being cheated in an earlier drug deal.