Overview
- The officer, 45, was placed under formal judicial investigation and remanded after confessing to six crimes, including rape with a weapon, kidnapping and attempted kidnappings.
- Prosecutors say the attacks include the abduction and rape of a 17-year-old on January 31, 2025 in Nersac and five attempts against women aged 18 to 61 between November 19, 2025 and January 6, 2026.
- Investigators linked the cases through a consistent method: a masked driver lowered his window, pointed a handgun and ordered victims to get in with the threat, “Get in or I’ll kill you.”
- A 60-year-old woman fought off an assailant on January 6 in Nersac and provided a detailed description that, combined with vehicle identification, geolocation and video, helped confirm the suspect.
- The suspect worked at the Angoulême commissariat as a technical trainer and shooting instructor with access to service weapons for training, and he has been jailed at Mauzac pending the inquiry.