A 22-year-old man, suspected of having committed several rapes and sexual assaults in the Oise, was arrested on May 9, in Finistère, by the soldiers of the research brigade (BR) of Compiègne. He was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on May 11 for "rape of a minor over 15 years old" and "sexual assault" He faces 20 years in prison if convicted at the Assizes.

The man is identified by some of the teenage girls who know his name, and a young woman, who knew him in high school.