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• Officials arrest man on child porn charges

  April 22, 2013 8:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State attorney general's investigators have arrested a 30-year-old Baton Rouge man for allegedly keeping more than 25 images of child pornography on electronic devices at his home. The Advocate reports Bradley Bourque was booked Saturday on 25 counts of pornography involving juveniles. Authorities searched Bourque's... more »

• Larose man indicted in child porn case

  April 17, 2013 9:17 AM

  LAROSE, La. (AP) - Federal authorities say a 20-year-old Larose man has been indicted on charges of receiving child pornography. The Justice Department tells The Council Justin Doucet was indicted by a federal grand jury last week, and the FBI arrested him Monday. Doucet is accused of receiving images and... more »

• Arkansas man gets 50 years in child porn case

  November 7, 2012 6:42 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for the production of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says Daniel Eugene Burris, of Huntsville, Ark., was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell of Alexandria. In addition, Drell sentenced... more »

• Houston man gets prison for child porn possession

  November 2, 2012 3:56 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A Coast Guard chief warrant officer who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography has been sentenced to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi in Lake Charles also on Thursday sentenced 50-year-old Michael Robert Gleason, of Houston, to 10 years of supervised release... more »

• Ethel man booked on child porn count

  October 26, 2012 9:02 AM

  CLINTON, La. (AP) - Officers with the state Attorney General's Office have arrested a 34-year-old Ethel man who is accused of having child pornography on his computer. Amanda Larkins, spokeswoman for state Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell, tells The Advocate Theodore A. Welles III was booked at the East Feliciana... more »

• Moderator of Child Porn Site Sentenced to 38 Years

  August 4, 2012 2:11 PM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Louisiana authorities say the moderator of an online exploitation network has been sentenced to 38 years in prison for his role in an international child pornography ring. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says in a news release that seven other people were also sentenced in the... more »

• Slidell man booked on 100 counts of child porn

  May 22, 2012 6:16 AM

  SLIDELL, La. (AP) - A 44-year-old Slidell man has been arrested on 100 counts of pornography involving juveniles. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says Renan Vappie was arrested Monday and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail. Vappie is accused of violating a state law forbidding a person to produce, distribute,... more »

• NO man arrested on child porn charge

  May 18, 2012 8:55 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A New Orleans man has been arrested on a charge of pornography involving juveniles. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says 30-year-old Daniel R. Ponder was arrested earlier this week as part of a joint investigation involving his office's High Technology Crime Unit, Homeland Security Investigations, Baton... more »

• BR man booked with 100 counts of child porn

  May 11, 2012 6:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Baton Rouge man has been arrested on 100 counts of pornography involving juveniles. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says 60-year-old David Burke was booked Thursday into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison as part of a joint investigation involving his office's High Technology Crime Unit,... more »

• Walker man arrested on child porn allegations

  April 4, 2012 9:46 AM

  WALKER, La. (AP) - The state attorney general says a Walker man has been arrested and booked on 20 counts of pornography involving juveniles. Authorities jailed 25-year-old Cody Bryant on Tuesday following an investigation by the attorney general, federal Homeland Security Investigations and the Livingston Parish sheriff. Bryant is accused... more »

• Man arrested on child porn counts

  March 14, 2012 10:40 AM

  HAMMOND, La. (AP) - Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a 60-year-old man accused of possessing child pornography. Deputies booked Richard James Braud of Hammond Monday with pornography involving juveniles, the Sheriff's Office reported. After serving a search warrant, The Advocate reports detectives found thousands of pictures and videos of... more »

• Ex-state worker sentenced child porn

  January 6, 2012 9:41 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A former employee of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety has been sentenced to five years and four months in federal prison after admitting he possessed child pornography. 23-year-old Renga R. Selvaratnam signed a plea agreement Thursday in which he acknowledged that images on a... more »

• Slidell man faces 300 counts of child porn

  October 6, 2011 7:24 AM

  SLIDELL, La. (AP) - A Slidell man faces 300 counts of possession of child pornography after an investigation revealed the man had been trading child pornography online for years. Slidell police say 30-year-old George Bogovich is being held at the St. Tammany Parish Jail on $150,000 bond. Police said Wednesday... more »

• Major Online Child Porn Ring Connected to Lafayette

  July 21, 2011 9:59 PM

  An online child pornography ring, with suspects located across the U.S., originated in Louisiana. Now nearly a dozen suspects are facing trial in Lafayette. The Internet bulletin board was called Dreamboard, and according to federal documents, there are 22 alleged members of the site. At least some of the suspects... more »

• Suspect allowed to view child porn in Wash. jail

  July 13, 2011 10:51 AM

  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state man accused of child sex crimes is allowed to view child pornography in jail. The sheriff and the prosecutor don't like it. But Weldon Marc Gilbert is acting as his own lawyer in the case, and that means he's allowed to review the... more »

• Man sentenced for having child porn

  June 10, 2011 9:46 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A 36-year-old Lake Charles man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison in a child pornography case. In a news release, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley said Christopher Dean Moore was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to 151... more »

• La. Man Gets 17 Years in Prison for Child Porn

  May 6, 2011 7:19 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Houma man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for downloading child pornography to his home computer. U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon also ordered 55-year-old Robert Kim Istre on Thursday to register as a sex offender following his prison term.... more »

• Hammond man accused of child porn

  January 25, 2011 8:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says a 19-year-old Hammond man has been booked with possessing pornography involving juveniles. He said in a statement Tuesday that Sean Joseph Decelle was arrested after an investigation by the Louisiana Attorney General's High Technology Crime Unit and the Tangipahoa Parish... more »

• Former Opelousas Council Member/Teacher Sentenced for Child Porn

  December 1, 2010 7:54 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - After receiving a 14-year prison sentence on a child pornography charge, Larry Caillier II told a federal judge that he was innocent and that his attorneys had persuaded him to accept a plea deal. Caillier, a former Opelousas High School teacher, was accused of receiving a... more »

• Cameron Parish Resident Arrested for Possession of Child Porn

  August 19, 2010 5:06 PM

  On May 25, 2010, the Lake Charles office of the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigation conducted a child pornography investigation which led to the execution of a search warrant at Johnathan Spivey's residence in Hackberry, LA. Spivey's computer was seized for forensic analysis and no arrests were made at... more »

• Lafayette Man Arrested for Child Pornography

  May 25, 2010 3:49 PM

  On May 25, 2010, a search warrant was served in the 200 block of Amite Drive by investigators with the Lafayette Police Department and the Louisiana State Police. The investigation revealed that the resident was downloading child pornography and was in possession of at least 6 videos with child pornography.... more »

• Man sentenced to 10 years in child-porn case

  April 14, 2010 7:00 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) A 31-year-old Winnfield man who pleaded guilty in January to possession of child pornography has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years in federal prison. David Lamar Cannon had been arrested by state police and Winn Parish sheriff's deputies in January 2009 for possession of child... more »

• Child porn nets man 40 years

  March 12, 2010 8:18 AM

  LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi has sentenced 34-year-old Christopher J. Comeaux of Leesville on charges of production and possession of child pornography. Minaldi gave him the maximum penalty on both charges 30 years for production and 10 years for possession to be served consecutively. Assistant U.S.... more »

• Former Opelousas HS teacher accused of child porn

  March 10, 2010 2:21 PM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) A federal grand jury accuses a former Opelousas alderman and Opelousas High School teacher with getting a minor to engage in sex acts to produce pornography. Acting U.S. Attorney William J. Flanagan said Wednesday that Larry Caillier (KY-yay) II is charged with producing and possessing child pornography,... more »

• Man pleads guilty to child porn counts

  March 9, 2010 7:19 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A 38-year-old Baton Rouge man accused of downloading child pornography has pleaded guilty to charges of pornography involving juveniles and indecent behavior with juveniles. Under the terms of a negotiated plea and sentence, James William Ragsdale will serve two years in prison followed by three years... more »

• Bond refused for Larry Caillier

  March 4, 2010 8:19 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Larry Caillier II has been denied bond on child pornography charges during a preliminary examination and detention hearing in federal court in Lafayette. Federal Magistrate Michael Hill's decision came Wednesday after nearly two hours of testimony. The 32-year-old former Opelousas High School teacher and former Opelousas alderman... more »

• Bond hearing set for former Opelousas councilman

  March 2, 2010 8:39 AM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) A former Opelousas alderman and Opelousas High School teacher Larry Caillier Jr. will appear before a federal judge Wednesday for a bond hearing. Caillier was arrested Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on three separate charges involving child pornography. The Daily World reports Tuesday that little information... more »

• Teacher/Former Councilman Arrested for Child Porn

  February 26, 2010 6:26 PM

  Former Opelousas City Council member Larry Caillier Junior is under arrest tonight. Caillier was picked up by federal authorities Friday morning at his Opelousas home and was in court before a federal judge the same afternoon Caillier has been charged with 3 counts of child pornography. The... more »

• 2 plead guilty to child porn

  February 26, 2010 7:07 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) Two Alexandria men arrested in November 2008 as part of a state police child pornography sting have pleaded guilty to two counts each of pornography involving juveniles. Sixty-three-year-old Joseph Allen Coleman pleaded guilty Tuesday before state District Court Judge Thomas Yeager. Coleman was sentenced to two years... more »

• Man sentenced in child porn case

  January 28, 2010 7:17 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A 44-year-old St. Francisville man has been sentenced in Baton Rouge to nearly four years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. Earl Henry Leet also was ordered by U.S. District Judge Frank J. Polozola to serve three years under the post-prison supervision of federal... more »

• Man booked in child pornography case

  January 25, 2010 12:14 PM

  MINDEN, La. (AP) Webster Parish Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 22-year-old Sibley man for possession of child pornography. Sheriff's cybercrime investigators Lt. Dustin Reynolds and Sgt. Scott Tucker say 22-year-old Nicholas Chambers was arrested Saturday after he admitted to having downloaded pornographic materials involving juveniles. Following a search of Chambers'... more »

• Man sentenced for child porn

  January 22, 2010 7:35 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A 48-year-old Greenwell Springs man has been sentenced to a federal prison term of nearly five years after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. Richard Paul Roy Jr. signed a statement Thursday in which he admitted he knowingly possessed 360 computer and video images of... more »