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This photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, shows the house in Alexandria, La., where a female informant on an undercover drug operation was allegedly raped as her law enforcement handlers left her on her own in January 2021. The police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor her in real time and allowed the attack to “play out” despite concerns over how long she was inside a known stash house. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Woman raped in unmonitored drug sting sues police handlers
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Fri,01/13/23-1:29PM , 140 Reads
A police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor her in real time and allowed the attack to “play out” despite concerns over how long she was inside a known stash house.
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This photo provided by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office in September 2022, shows Antonio D. Jones. On Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, a Louisiana jury convicted Jones, a career criminal, of raping a police informant who had been sent into a drug house in a sting that went unmonitored and unprotected by law enforcement. (Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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Jury convicts man who raped informant in unmonitored sting
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Thu,11/17/22-9:56PM , 90 Reads
A Louisiana jury Thursday convicted a career criminal of raping a police informant who had been sent into a drug house in a sting that went unmonitored and unprotected by law enforcement.
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This photo provided by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office in September 2022, shows Antonio D. Jones. The reputed drug dealer, accused of raping a woman police informant sent into his house alone in an unmonitored sting, has skipped bail and was a no-show Monday, Oct. 17, at what was supposed to the start of his trial. (Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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Reputed drug dealer accused of raping informant jumps bail
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Mon,10/17/22-3:39PM , 106 Reads
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A reputed drug dealer accused of raping a woman police informant sent into his house alone in an unmonitored sting has skipped bail and was a no-show Monday at what was supposed to the start of his trial.
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This photo taken Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, shows the house in Alexandria, La., where a female informant on an undercover drug operation was raped as her law enforcement handlers left her on her own in January 2021. The case highlights the perils informants face around the country under loosely regulated arrangements. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Woman's rape cries go unheard in unmonitored drug sting
By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Tue,09/13/22-9:27AM , 236 Reads
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A woman outfitted with a tiny microphone and hidden camera walked up to a dilapidated drug house on a chilly afternoon last year looking to buy meth from a dealer known on the streets as “Mississippi.”
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