re: Oak Grove police officer arrested on rape charge

The age of consent in Louisiana. However, this seems to be a forcible rape case, not merely statutory rape.

Second degree rape in Louisiana is standard rape, with no aggravating or mitigating factors. First degree rape is rape committed at gunpoint, rape against a person under 13 or rape of a person over 65. Third degree rape is having sex with a person too drunk to consent.

Statutory rape (consensual sex with a 13-16 year old) is carnal knowledge of minors in Louisiana. It's not charged as a degree of rape like it is in some states.