[StBernard] Violet man already in jail on drug charges now accused of raping 5-year-old

[Westley Annis]

Violet man already in jail on drug charges now accused of raping 5-year-old

06:34 AM CST on Thursday, February 19, 2009

Muriel Bailey / Eyewitness News 

CHALMETTE, La. -- St. Bernard Parish authorities say a 21-year-old man who
was already arrested and in jail for crack-cocaine charges is now wanted in
the rape of a 5-year-old girl and for sexual battery. 

Tymerick Bienemy, of Violet, was arrested in Chalmette Jan. 5 and is
currently being held in the St. Bernard Parish Prison. 

According to police, the alleged rape was reported to New Orleans police on
Monday and a warrant for Bienemy's arrest was obtained. There was no
information available on the date the rape allegedly took place. 

The child is now with her mother, who Bienemy was dating before his arrest,
police said, adding the child is from a previous relationship of the mother
and isn't Bienemy's daughter. 

Bienemy and another man were stopped in a truck where police found 30 pieces
of crack cocaine, weighing a total of three-fourths of an ounce and worth
about $2,100 on the street, Sheriff Jack Stephens said. 

Bienemy was booked with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and
with obstruction of justice for allegedly swallowing a marijuana cigarette
as the vehicle was stopped, the sheriff said. 

Since his arrest, Bienemy has been held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu
of $50,000 bond.