Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: March 19, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Police arrest wanted rape suspect
A 28-year-old Shreveport man wanted for two counts of forcible rape has turned himself into Shreveport Police.
Jarvis Edwards was booked into the Shreveport City Jail at 8 a.m. this morning. Edwards is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl after pulling her into his house in the 2600 block of Thayer on Sept. 19, 2001. He also is accused of raping a 24-year-old female in September of 1999.
Bond has been set for Edwards at $80,000. Forcible rape is punishable by five to 40 years in prison, with at least two of those years being served without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.
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