ST. GABRIEL, La. (AP) - An inmate at a Louisiana prison is facing new charges after he allegedly raped a female guard at the facility on Friday.
The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections, in a news release, said Erick Dehart, 29, has been charged with aggravated rape. The alleged incident happened in a cellblock at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel around 9:30 a.m., authorities said.
The department did not release any further details about the reported attack. The guard’s name or length of employment was not released.
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Dehart is currently serving a 30-year sentence for armed robbery for a case out of Terrebonne Parish, and a five-year sentence for simple burglary out of Lafourche Parish. The sentences are being served consecutively.
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