BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Slidell man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl after investigators said they found Snapchat conversations between the two on the child’s device.
According to the arrest records, Lemarkis Harry, 32, was taken into custody Sunday. The child told detectives she had been communicating with Harry for about two months before she allegedly admitted to having intercourse with him.
Investigators said Snapchat records from Jan. 1 through March 12 showed Harry allegedly discussed sexual acts with the child and sent multiple explicit photos. Arrest documents also say Harry initially told the girl he was 13 years old before giving her a phone number to continue communicating outside of Snapchat.
Detectives said at one point Harry allegedly asked the child how old she was after seeing a school progress report and, after learning she was 12, told her not to lie to him again…