BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge student was arrested after being accused of inappropriately messaging a minor.
According to an affidavit, deputies with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office were called meet a 16-year-old victim at the hospital on Oct. 18, 2025. When they arrived, deputies learned that the victim was reportedly sexually assaulted by 19-year-old Jerry Polk Jr. on Oct. 15. It should be noted that Polk and the victim attend the same school.
The victim told deputies that while they and Polk were alone in a section at the school, Polk was accused of forcefully having sex with them without their consent.
Deputies reviewed video footage from the school and observed Polk and the victim entering and exiting the lecture theater at different times. Once inside the theater, the area where the victim said the incident occurred was out of frame from the camera…