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Child Allegedly Raped on Greyhound Bus; Pbuttengers Detained, Questioned
A 12-year-old Longview girl traveling alone on a Greyhound bus was allegedly raped in the bus restroom while on a trip to her grandmother's home. The suspect, Lakeluis Swain, 23, of Alabama, says the love was consensual and says the girl told him she was 19-years-old. Police in Longview, Texas say the girl told investigators she was raped somewhere between Dallas, where she boarded the bus, and Tyler, Texas. Officers say the girl got off the bus in Longview, was picked up by a relative, and taken to her grandmother's home. The girl then told her grandmother about the alleged rape, police said. Shreveport police arrested Swain as a fugitive and said he would be charged by Texas authorities with rape.
Longview Police sent word ahead to Shreveport, where police met the bus at the downtown depot and detained the man early Tuesday morning. Police say he had blood on his clothes. Detectives, believing the suspect had flushed a gun down the toilet in the bus, held the bus in Shreveport as evidence. The nearly 40 pbuttengers on board questioned and then transferred to another bus. The bus left Dallas last night with Atlanta as its final destination.
As detectives brought Swaine into Shreveport Police Headquarters for questioning, KSLA NEWS 12 Reporter Candice Jones asked the suspect, "Did you do what that young lady said you did?" "No, not forcibly. She lied about her age," the suspect replied. Police say a pbuttenger reportedly traveling with Swain was carrying a backpack containing swords and knives.
