BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Frustration is brewing tonight from Baton Rouge’s top cop, after investigators said a four-year-old child was allegedly raped and given an STD by a man who is a career criminal.

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An active arrest warrant is in place for Anthony James Jelks Jr., 25, and police are urging him to turn himself in.

Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) Chief T.J. Morse sat down with the I-TEAM on Friday, saying more needs to be done to start a dialogue so that suspects who are well known to law enforcement don’t continue to be arrested.

Jelks Jr. has a lengthy history of arrests and convictions in Baton Rouge.

“Mr. Jelks, we have arrested six times over the past six years,” Baton Rouge Pol

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