Haynesville man arrested on four counts of first degree rape


Last Friday, April 19, Assistant Chief Huffsteffer and Lt. Garrett Hedgepoth of the Haynesville Police Department served a Grand Jury warrant issued by the Second Judicial District Court in Claiborne Parish.

Christopher Brinson, 39, of the 2000 block of Mitchiner Drive, Haynesville, was arrested for four counts of first degree rape of a minor under the age of 13, one count of sexual battery, one count of lascivious acts on a person under the age of 17.

Brinson was advised of his Miranda Rights and transported to the Claiborne Parish Detention Center for booking. His bond was set at $200,000 per count of first degree rape, $100,000 for sexual battery and $50,000 for indecent behavior with a juvenile, totalling $950,000.

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