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On February 28, 2021 a report was completed by the Opp Police Department in reference to a rape where a 24-year-old female was accused of having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old juvenile.

During the course of the investigation, it was learned that the suspect left Alabama and went to New York. Criminal Investigators obtained Rape 2nd warrants on the suspect and on or around March 26, 2021 the New Jersey/New York US Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force located and arrested the suspect.

On April 12, 2021 the suspect arrived back in Covington County and was booked into the Covington County Jail. The Opp Police Department would like to thank the Covington County Sheriff’s Office, Gulf Coast Regional US Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force and the New Jersey / New York US Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force for their assistance in this case.

Monika White, 24, was arrested on April 12 and was held in the Covington County Jail on a $100,000 bond.