Plainfield police have arrested a third person in connection with the kidnapping and gang sex assault of a teenage girl at the Moosup Little League Field.

Police began investigating in October 2012 after the teen told police she had been kidnapped, taken to the Moosup Little League Fields on Lions Drive against her will and several people sexually assaulted her.

Police said James Tyson, 33, Cherelle King, 21, and Muhammed Yakubu, 28, are accused of sexually assaulting the teen.

At 11:34 a.m. on Friday, the United States Marshals Office, State Police, and members of the Plainfield Police Department went to 1097 Plainfield Pike in the Oneco section of Sterling, to serve an arrest warrant for Tyson, 33.

As law enforcement officers entered the home, James broke into a neighboring apartment and tried to escape, but didn’t get far before he was apprehended, police said.

James has been charged with kidnapping in the first degree, aggravated sexual assault in the first degree and conspiracy to commit aggravated sexual assault in the first degree.

He was held on a $250,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned on February 3, 2014.

State Police also charged Tyson with burglary and interfering with police and other charges.

King and Yakubu were previously charged.

Police said the rape of a 12-year-old girl now includes six people. Police said the victim was raped several times, dating back to this summer.

Five men are still behind bars in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and West Baton Rouge Parish Prison, charged with sex crimes. A woman is now wanted by EBRSO and is charged with aggravated rape as well.

Last week, investigators charged Ivy Martin, 38, with multiple counts of aggravated rape.

The aggravated rape by Carr, according to reports, happened in September 2013. The probable cause report from EBRSO says Ivy Martin and Carr both participated in sexual acts with the 12-year-old.

Deputies made several attempts to contact Carr, but were unsuccessful. Anyone with information as to Carr’s whereabouts is asked to call EBRSO 225-389-5000 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 225-344-STOP.

Earlier this week, four more arrests were made in connection to the case. According to a probable cause report from EBRSO, Michael Sherbin of Baton Rouge told investigators he had sex with the girl as well in July, immediately after watching Martin have sex with the victim.

Another report stated the victim reported Arthur Lee Jones of Baker had sex with her immediately after Martin in October. The report added Jones also told police he knew that Martin allowed other men to have sex with the victim but he failed to do anything about it.

The latest arrests Tuesday, according to a Port Allen Police Department document, involved Clarence Tillman, 60, who is charged with witnessing a rape and sexual assault about eight months ago. Brandon Edwards, 26, was initially charged with sexual battery, but his charge has been upgraded to aggravated rape. The report says both Martin and Edwards had sexual contact with the child during this instance.

Martin is still being held in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison without bond. Jones and Sherbin are being held there as well. They remain locked up on $1 million bond each.

Tillman is being held in the West Baton Rouge Parish Prison on $10,000 bond. Edwards remains behind bars there as well on a $50,000 bond.

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One of three teens accused in a brutal gang rape on Christmas Day 2012 pleaded guilty Thursday to indecent deviate sexual intercourse, carjacking, kidnap and robbery.

Kewon Matthews, 18, of the first block of North Millbourne Street in Millbourne will be sentenced March 4 pending a presentence investigation and evaluation by the state Sexual Offenders Assessment Board to determine whether he is a sexually violent predator.

Deputy District Attorney Michael Galantino told Judge Mary Alice Brennan that he would recommend a sentence of 17-34 years in a state correctional facility with six years of probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.

The 22-year-old victim testified at a preliminary hearing in March that Matthews, Brehon La-Vaan Rawlings, 20, of the 400 block of Arbor Road, Yeadon, and Kevin Jones, 18, of Pemberton Street, Philadelphia, forced her into the passenger seat of her 1995 Jeep Cherokee at gunpoint at about 11:30 p.m. Dec. 25 while parked in the lot of George’s Water Ice, 7150 Marshall Road.

The mother of a 2-year-old said she had left nearby Rudy’s Tavern and sat in her car while smoking a cigarette. The three men allegedly came from behind the vehicle. One had a facemask and a gun and ordered the victim into the passenger seat, smacking her in the face with it as she tried to exit the vehicle.

The woman testified that the men ransacked her purse and asked about her bank card PIN. She was later forced into the back of the car and ordered to perform sexual acts despite the fact that she was crying, gagging and vomiting.

The driver also entered the back seat and raped the woman, according to her testimony.

“I was face down,” she said. “I thought I was going to die.”

The victim said her assailants also used her cellphone to make calls and forced her to talk to her mother, who had called numerous times.

After the five-hour ordeal, the men parked the car under a residential deck on Long Lane, across from Galway’s Pub in Upper Darby. The woman recalled smelling kerosene used to wipe away fingerprints. She went to a payphone to call her boyfriend after the men left and he took her to the police station to report the crime.

All three defendants were picked up within a day and allegedly admitted their guilt during an interview with Detective Brad Ross.

Matthews, represented by attorney John McLaughlin, had moved for decertification because he was 17 at the time of the assault, but Brennan found the juvenile system would not benefit him. She pointed to the nature of the crimes, his prior contact with law enforcement and involvement in the juvenile system, a below-average intellectual function, lack of remorse and denial of responsibility as factors in her decision.

Jones, represented by defense attorney Rhonda Lowe, was also 17 at the time and was likewise denied decertification Thursday. Galantino noted the crime occurred just four months before Jones’ 18th birthday.

“This is a horrific case,” he said. “The impact on the victim is almost unimaginable. The impact on the community, I would suggest, is only minimized by the prompt police work in catching these three individuals very quickly, so that the impact on the community as limited to one night, but it was Christmas night.”

Jones was offered the same deal as Matthews, but denied taking it, against his attorney’s advice. The charges against him include rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, indecent assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, robbery, carjacking, theft, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and conspiracy. Jones is scheduled for trial before Brennan on March 4. He faces up to 158 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

Rawlings, represented by attorney Coley Reynolds, was 19 at the time of the assault. He is scheduled for a status conference on Dec. 16, also before Brennan.