BATON ROUGE, La. — A Baton Rouge man accused of raping an 8-year-old girl in February has been arrested.
The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/J19iAH ) 24-year-old Gary Sheppard was booked into the parish jail on a charge of aggravated rape. It could not be determined whether he remained there or if he had an attorney. Bond information was not immediately available.
According to the arrest warrant, the newspaper reports Sheppard allegedly raped the girl in the bedroom of her father's home while she cried, screamed and told him to stop.
The victim told police that Sheppard threatened to kill her and her parents if she told anyone of the incident.
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Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com