CRIME * From Staff Reports

A Warren County teen was arrested Wednesday and charged with rape.

James Gatlin, 18, 3400 U.S. 80 Lot 25, surrendered at 1:45 p.m. at the Warren County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Martin Pace said. According to Pace, Gatlin had become aware that the 18-year-old victim had filed an affidavit charging him with the crime.

Pace said the matter was still under investigation and did not release any further details.

Gatlin remained in the Warren County Jail this morning on a $2,500 bond.

Suspected illegal alien picked up after arrest

A Warren County man who was arrested this weekend on misdemeanor charges was found to be an illegal immigrant, Sheriff Martin Pace said Wednesday.

At about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Warren County deputies responded to the home of Efran Sanchez, 37, No. 62 Gastrell Lane, due to reports of gunfire, Pace said. Upon arrival, deputies found Sanchez, who appeared to be intoxicated, pacing around the property with a gun. Sanchez at first refused to cooperate, but soon surrendered to deputies.

After he was arrested, deputies suspected that Sanchez’s form of identification was false or had been altered. Deputies sent his information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and it was later reported back to Warren County officials that Sanchez was an illegal immigrant.

Sanchez now faces federal charges of possessing a deadly weapon by an illegal immigrant. Pace said agents with ICE picked up Sanchez at the Warren County Jail Tuesday and took him to a federal holding facility.

Stolen meat lands man in Warren County Jail

A Warren County man was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with stealing meat from local businesses, Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Lee Edward Yates, 38, 712 Speed St., was arrested at 10:45 at his home and charged with business burglary and felony shoplifting. Pace said the charges stem from four reports of meat shoplifting at city businesses and a Feb. 24 business burglary at the Oak Park Bestway at Indiana Avenue and Lee Road.

Yates was in the Warren County Jail without bond.

Texas woman held on bank-fraud charge

Bank fraud in Louisiana landed a Texas woman in the Warren County Jail Wednesday.

Yolanda Hunter, 29, 8989 West St. Apt 538, was arrested on Interstate 20 East near the city limits on an outstanding warrant in Grant Parish.

Hunter was held without bond.