A woman, 64, had been riding her bike on the trail when a strange man raped her. Rene Murrell, pled guilty to attempted rape and sexual battery on Tuesday.
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STPSO stressed they do not want to alarm the public. They believe this was an isolated incident. Author: Erika Ferrando (WWL) Updated: 8:59 AM CDT July 8, 2021
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. A 64-year-old woman from Slidell was riding her bike on the Tammany Trace when she claims a man she had never met raped her.
The alleged rape happened in the Lacombe area on July 4 just before 6 p.m., according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Police arrested Rene Murrell for First Degree Rape and Resisting Arrest. Murrell is a registered sex offender for two Attempted Forcible Rape convictions from 1998 and 2008. According to STPSO, those incidents happened in St. Bernard Parish. He is now in the St. Tammany Parish Jail.
SLIDELL - A woman was attacked and sexually assaulted while riding her bicycle on the Fourth of July.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff s Office said the 64-year-old Slidell woman told deputies the assault happened around 6 p.m. while on a bike ride in the Lacombe area.
Deputies arrested Rene Murrell of Lacombe and booked him into the St. Tammany Parish Jail Tuesday for first-degree rape and resisting arrest.
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Jim Phillips has lived in his Booneville home since 2000. The house belonged to his mother and stepfather and had been in the family for generations.
But a couple of months ago, Booneville city officials decided to condemn his house.
“I have nowhere else to go, Phillips said.
Phillips, 45, is disabled and lives on a fixed income. He does not have the money to hire a lawyer and fight the city on its decision.