Alexandria man faces shocking allegations of sex crimes against teens

Cartavious King (Facebook photo)

By JIM BUTLER

Sometimes the general public might wonder how police do it day after day.

A week that began with the shock of an infant’s death by alleged intentional trauma deteriorated further Tuesday with an allegation of sex crimes with teenagers the victims.

Cartavious King, 26, of Alexandria is accused of five counts of 1st degree rape as well as five each of trafficking children for sexual purposes and molestation of juveniles at least 13 and less than 17 years of age.

Investigators, as expected, are reluctant to share details of the allegations. And as of Wednesday nothing officially been released.

Are the alleged victims female? Male? Some of each?

Are they all the same age or different ages? Are they related?

How did the accused allegedly come in contact with them?

Was the alleged trafficking local? Are other arrests pending?

What is known is from the base public record:

King is being held under $3.6 million bail; He was booked about 6 p.m. Tuesday; He resides on Karen Drive, which is between LA 1 and I-49 south of Leebo’s.

He is also charged with two counts of obstruction/tampering with evidence. He has no Rapides arrest record in the online booking era, 2018 forward.

King draws $3.6 million bail for sex crime accusations