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Person taken into custody at end of manhunt for rapist

4 hours 15 minutes 39 seconds ago Thursday, March 13 2025 Mar 13, 2025 March 13, 2025 12:35 PM March 13, 2025 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - A person was taken into custody after a manhunt for a rapist in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Around 12 p.m. the Baton Rouge Police Department and East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office were looking for a man who broke into a home and raped a person. Law enforcement tracked the person to Jefferson Highway near Stumberg Lane where they were taken into custody.

Both Most Blessed Sacrament and Woodlawn High went into a brief lockdown until the person was captured.

WBRZ is searching for more information about the arrest. The person's name has not been released. 

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