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• 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 »

• St. Amant man faces porn charges

  June 18, 2012 9:35 AM

  ST. AMANT, La. (AP) - State police and Ascension Parish sheriff's detectives have arrested a 29-year-old St. Amant man on child pornography counts. The Advocate reports detectives searched the home of Brandon Mayers on Wednesday and found several images "indicative of child pornography" on his computer. Mayers was booked into... 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 »

• Lafayette Atty. Prosecutes Large Online Porn Ring

  August 3, 2011 11:53 PM

  It's being called the largest international prosecution of child exploitation the U.S. has ever seen. So far, 72 people are charged with participating in an online child pornography ring called Dreamboard. Some of the details of the investigation are graphic and could be disturbing. Prosecutors said there could be... 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 »

• 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 »

• Ex-Gueydan Fire Chief Sentenced in Child Porn Case

  April 16, 2011 3:19 PM

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The former fire chief for the town of Gueydan has been sentenced in federal court for attempting to receive child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley said Friday that U.S. District Judge Rebecca Doherty sentenced 43-year-old Lindsey Troy LeBlanc to 63 months in prison for his... more »

• Lafayette Man Sentenced for Child Porn

  February 17, 2011 7:56 PM

  United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today the sentencing of William M. Teich, 32, of Lafayette, La. Teich was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 20 years supervised release for distribution of child pornography. The sentence was imposed by U. S. District Judge Rebecca F. Doherty. Teich pleaded... 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 »

• 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 »

• St. Mary Parish Porn Arrest

  September 25, 2009 4:01 PM

  On Friday, September 24th State Police and St. Mary Parish Sheriff arrested Shane Falgout of Morgan City on warrants for computer aided solicitation of a minor and pornography involving juveniles.The 22-year-old was booked into the parish jail and bond was set at $30,000.00. Falgout was later released. ... more »