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• HS teacher accused of having child pornography

  June 12, 2013 9:01 AM

  METAIRIE- School officials say a 43-year-old Grace King High School teacher accused of child pornography has been placed on indefinite leave from his job. The Jefferson Parish public school system disclosed the employment status of Walter Sologaistoa, of Kenner, but did not say whether the Spanish teacher is still being... more »

• City tears down blighted property Play Video

  May 9, 2013 6:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE - City workers tore down a dilapidated Baton Rouge home today after getting a court order allowing them to remove the blighted structure. David Guillory with the Department of Public Works said it belonged to David Burke, who's been in jail a year awaiting trial for more... more »

• Inside house of accused child predator, hoarder Play Video

  May 8, 2013 10:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The city finally has everything completed to demolish a house infamous for the homeowner's arrest last year. It's located in a neighborhood off of Starring Lane. People who live near it have complained of a giant mess that's emptied out into the front yard. The owner,... more »

• City will demolish house where child porn was found

  May 2, 2013 10:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The home of a man in jail on child porn charges will be torn down once utilities are disconnected the city said Thursday. A sign alerting of the demolition has already been posted on the home on Stoney Creek Avenue. David Burke lived there until he... more »

• Man accused by LSP, FBI of child porn

  April 23, 2013 6:45 PM

  COVINGTON - State and federal agents arrested a Covington man after they said they found child porn at his home. Detectives with the Louisiana State Police accused Paul Beebe III, 32, of 21 counts of pornography involving juveniles. An LSP spokesperson said with help from the FBI, investigators... more »

• New Orleans man sentenced in child porn case

  April 19, 2013 9:09 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A 48-year-old man will serve a nine-year prison sentence for downloading photos depicting the sexual abuse of children. U.S. District Judge Nannette Brown on Thursday also ordered Myles Fitzgerald Guidry to spend the rest of his life under federal supervision after he is released. Acting U.S. Attorney... more »

• New Orleans teacher arrested in child porn case

  April 10, 2013 9:00 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- The FBI says a teacher at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans has been arrested for allegedly enticing 14-year-old boy to produce sexually explicit images. The Times-Picayune reports 29-year-old Keith Joseph McGee was arrested Tuesday by the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force. St. Mary's Academy is a private... more »

• New Iberia man arrested in child porn case

  March 20, 2013 7:36 AM

  NEW IBERIA - State police say a 60-year-old New Iberia man has been arrested for possessing and distributing child pornography. Troopers say Paul Smith was arrested Monday at his home where detectives said they found digitally stored pornographic images of children along with several movies that depicted child pornography. Smith... more »

• City to deal with porn house called eyesore

  March 5, 2013 9:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The city will deal with a house where hundreds of images of child pornography were found last year. Neighbors have complained about the house on Stoney Creek Ave. A judge ruled the city can make repairs, and if it is deemed dangerous, it can be torn... more »

• Maryland man sentenced in child porn case

  February 21, 2013 8:46 AM

  LAFAYETTE- A 30-year-old Maryland man was sentenced in Lafayette, La., to eight years in prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley tells The Advertiser Phillip Sessa Jr., of Essex, Md., was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik. Prosecutors say an acquaintance of Sessa alerted... more »

• Husband and wife face child porn, drug charges

  January 24, 2013 4:09 PM

  LORANGER - Sheriff's deputies in Tangipahoa Parish arrested a Loranger couple after investigators said they found drugs and child pornography in their home. Deputies arrested Richard W. Dunnington, 51, and his wife Lisa Fay Dunnington, 50, yesterday after a search of their residence. Investigators said they found several... more »

• Man accused in child porn investigation

  October 29, 2012 3:24 PM

  ANGIE - Authorities charged a Washington Parish man with possessing child porn after a joint investigation with local, state and federal agencies. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell's office said Joseph Lloyd Gerald, 23, of Angie was arrested Friday following the investigation. Investigators charged Gerald with 20 counts of possessing... more »

• La. man sentenced in Va. on child porn charges

  October 16, 2012 12:47 PM

  LYNCHBURG, Va. - A Louisiana man has received a 25-year prison sentence for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl and recording the abuse. U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy says 57-year-old Gregory Thomas Miller of Deville, La., was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Lynchburg. Miller had pleaded guilty in April to... more »

• Court: Child porn victims can get restitution

  October 1, 2012 2:12 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court has ruled that victims of child pornography can recover restitution from people convicted of viewing images of their abuse without showing a link between the crime and their injuries. Monday's majority opinion by the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New... more »

• Puppeteer charged with child porn and kidnapping

  July 27, 2012 12:26 PM

  PINELLAS CO. - An alleged threat to children who entertained kids as a puppeteer is now behind bars in western Florida. Tampa-area officers arrested 57-year-old Ronald William Brown last week. Court documents allege he had graphic discussions online about abusing, kidnapping, killing, and eating children. The complaint... more »

• City officials to clean home of man arrested for child porn Play Video

  May 11, 2012 5:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The city of Baton Rouge plans to clean up the yard of a man who was arrested Thursday on 100 counts of child pornography. It's a story News 2 first brought you in October 2010, when the Department of Public Works said it was planning to... more »

• Neighbors "not shocked" man was charged with child porn possession Play Video

  May 10, 2012 10:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sixty-year-old David Burke faces 100 counts of child porn after an undercover investigation revealed a "massive amount" of explicit images of juveniles on his computer. Burke's neighbors who have children say they are relieved. Others have steered clear of Burke's house for years due to it's... more »

• Slidell man faces child porn charges

  March 20, 2012 8:41 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney's Office says a 22-year-old Slidell man has been arrested on two counts of sexual exploitation of children, including receiving sexual images of a 12-year-old girl on his computer. In the three-page felony charge issued Monday, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten alleges Quentin Kittel received sexually... more »

• Unregistered sex offender sentenced to 21 months in prison

  February 3, 2012 5:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The United States Department of Justice sent a strong message to unregistered sex offenders Friday by sentencing a convicted child pornographer who didn't register to 21 months in prison. Noel Carlson, 38, of Mesa, Arizona will be supervised for five years after release . In... more »

• Fire at House yields Child Porn

  January 19, 2012 7:42 PM

  An architecture professor in New York isn't talking after firefighters found child porn in his burning home. Gamal El-Zoghby is charged with child endangerment and refuses to talk about the case. State police say firefighters in Eagleswood Township found a magazine from the 1970's with pornographic images of girls when... more »

• Former library official pleads guilty to child porn charge Play Video

  December 13, 2011 6:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The former second-in-command at the East Baton Rouge Library faces up to 20 years in prison after he plead guilty to attempted receipt of child porn. Aaron Brian Fielder, 42, signed a plea agreement in Alabama admitting to soliciting sex from who he thought was a... more »

• Baton Rouge man arrested on child porn charges

  December 5, 2011 2:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The attorney general's office announced Monday the arrest of a Baton Rouge man charged with possessing pornography involving juveniles. Christopher Periou, 24, of 1307 Kenilworth Parkway, was arrested Friday as part of a joint investigation involving the Attorney General's High Technology Crime Unit, East Baton Rouge... more »

• Deputies Look For Child Porn, Find Marijuana Cultivation

  December 2, 2011 9:01 AM

  AMITE- Tangipahoa Parish cyber-detectives were contacted by detectives in England who said an eleven-year-old English girl had been contacted by an Internet predator believed to be in Tangipahoa Parish. The investigation led to Anthony Latino of Amite. On December 1, 2011 detectives executed a search warrant at Latino's... more »

• Joint effort arrests man for child porn

  November 23, 2011 4:43 PM

  BOGALUSA - Authorities attested a man Tuesday for possesing child pornography after being the target of a joint investigation. Jonathan S. Richardson, 24, of 320 Welch St. was arrested and charged with 30 counts of pornography involving juveniles. The arrest was made by the Attorney General's High Technology... more »

• Police: Dozens of teens involved in Vt. sext ring

  August 18, 2011 12:35 PM

  MILTON, Vt. - Police in Vermont say nearly two dozen teenagers used school computers and a special email account to access indecent photos and videos taken by female classmates. Authorities said Thursday that 22 students have admitted to using the school computers in February to view 30 to 40... more »

• Miss. man arrested for sending nude pics to LSP

  June 24, 2011 2:44 PM

  HOUMA - A Mississippi man was arrested after Louisiana State Police said he sent nude photos of himself to an investigator posing as a child on the Internet. Authorities arrested William Britt, 53, of Brandon, Miss. on Tuesday and extradited him to Terrebonne Parish on charges of computer-aided solicitation... more »

• BR man arrested on child porn charges

  May 12, 2011 2:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE - State Police arrested a Baton Rouge man after they said they found child porn on a computer at his residence this week. Trooper Russell Graham said LSP detectives arrested Trent Neck, 20, after the search Tuesday turned up a laptop with several images "indicative of child... more »

• Baton Rouge teen accused of having child porn

  March 30, 2011 12:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A joint investigation has led to an 18-year-old being arrested and charged with child pornography, according to the state Attorney General's office. Jose Martin Diaz Jr. was arrested Monday, and accused of four counts of pornography involving juveniles. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said the AG's... more »

• Grand Isle man arrested for child porn

  March 4, 2011 3:12 PM

  SLIDELL - A Grand Isle man accused of child pornography involving juveniles, is now behind bars. Slidell Police arrested Patrick Walsh, 66, after they said they found pornographic pictures in a hidden compartment at his home, on a camera he was using and in the trunk of his vehicle.... more »

• Hammond man arrested in child porn investigation

  January 25, 2011 4:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old Hammond man as part of an undercover child porn investigation. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrested Sean Joseph Decelle during a joint investigation with the state Attorney General’s High Technology Crime Unit. Decelle was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish prison without incident. If... more »

• Judge sentences man in child porn, snakes case

  December 22, 2010 10:43 AM

  GULFPORT, Miss. - A federal judge in Mississippi has sentenced a man to 30 years in prison on charges of coercing an underage girl to pose for child pornography with poisonous snakes. John Joseph Maillet pleaded guilty in September to one count of production of child pornography. He was sentenced... more »

• LSP: Man could be largest child porn trader in state

  December 21, 2010 1:58 PM

  MANSFIELD – State Police have made busted a man that they say was the largest purveyor of child pornography in the state of Louisiana. 61-year-old Gregory Blackburn of Mansfield was arrested Monday after a search of his home. According to investigators, he is suspected to be the most prolific trader... more »

• Man accused of child pornography

  December 8, 2010 5:02 PM

  HAMMOND- A man from Tangipahoa Parish is behind bars, accused of child pornography. 27-year-old Shaun Siverd was arrested by Louisiana State Police, after they searched his home and seized a computer they claimed had child pornography on it. State Police said they received a tip a year ago... more »

• FBI Alert on Video Barbie

  December 7, 2010 7:38 PM

  The FBI issued a cyber crime alert on a new Barbie doll that comes equipped with a hidden video camera. The camera is built into the necklace on Mattel's Barbie Video Girl and records up to 30 minutes of footage that can be downloaded to a computer. The FBI says... more »

• Holden man charged with 101 Counts of Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile

  November 29, 2010 12:10 PM

  LIVINGSTON- A man from Holden is facing more than 100 counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile after police and sheriff's deputies found images of her on the man's computer, during a separate investigation. Dale Church, 44, faces more than 700 years behind bars if convicted on all 107... more »

• BR man arrested in child porn investigation

  November 22, 2010 2:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Louisiana State Police say they found hundreds of child porn images on several hard drives at a Baton Rouge residence as part of their Operation Child Watch investigations. 37-year-old Anthony Griggs was arrested Friday after investigators searched his residence. Trooper Russell Graham said during the search found... more »

• Two arrested in LSP child porn investigations

  November 19, 2010 10:58 AM

  NEW ORLEANS – Two men have been arrested in suspicion of possessing child pornography in separate online investigations by Louisiana State Police. 29-year-old Justin Dyer was arrested Wednesday in Pearl River, La. by a U. S. Marshals Task Force. A warrant had been issued for Dyer’s arrest in 2009 after... more »

• Man wants to change plea in child porn snakes case

  November 9, 2010 12:39 PM

  JACKSON, Miss. - A man who pleaded guilty to coercing an underaged girl to pose for child pornography with poisonous snakes now wants to withdraw his plea. John Joseph Maillet pleaded guilty Sept. 8 in federal court to production of child pornography. He faced 30 years in prison.... more »

• Teen charged with possession of child porn

  September 14, 2010 10:24 AM

  A 19-year old Denham Springs man is locked up and charged with four counts of Pornography Involving Juveniles. Monday, agents searched Christopher Pitre's home and seized a laptop computer that had videos of pornography involving juveniles. Further forensic analysis of that laptop will be conducted by Livingston... more »

• La. man gets prison in child porn case

  September 4, 2010 9:59 AM

  A Gretna man who pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Forty-five-year-old Tony Templet also was sentenced Friday to five years of supervised release following his prison term. Federal prosecutors said Templet told investigators he used a computer to download and save videos... more »

• Loranger man arrested on molestation, child porn charges

  August 9, 2010 11:31 AM

  A 55-year-old Loranger man is in lock-up, accused of inappropriate behavior with underage children. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office detectives say after investigating Randolph Ard's accused behaviors, they searched his home and found images of underage children engaged in sexual activity on electronic equipment. Ard was arrested Friday and... more »

• Investigation ties military workers to child porn

  July 23, 2010 1:28 PM

  The Defense Department says an investigation has identified dozens of members of the military and defense contractors, including those with top-level security clearances, as having obtained child pornography. The finding by investigators, released Friday by the Pentagon, is particularly alarming because many of the individuals would have access to... more »

• Two men arrested on child sex charges

  May 28, 2010 1:08 PM

  A Denham Springs man and another from Shreveport are facing child sex charges after an undercover internet sting. 20 year old Brandon Daniel Adams, of Denham Springs, is changed with computer aided solicitation of a minor and indecent behavior with juveniles. 24 year old Daniel Allen Jacobs, of... more »

• Man arrested on child porn charges in Tangipahoa Parish

  May 14, 2010 3:10 PM

  A joint investigation between law enforcement agencies in Louisiana...led to the arrest of a man in Hammond on child porn charges. Investigators found child porn on George Beebe's computer after search of his home. State Police say Beebe admitted to downloading the images. Beebe is charged with... more »

• Traffic stop leads to international fugitive arrest

  May 12, 2010 9:14 AM

  A traffic stop in Livingston Parish led deputies to the arrest of an international fugitive. Deputies stopped a car that matched the description of a vehicle used in a burglary in Denham Springs. When deputies stopped Roman Nemethy, he allegedly produced an International Driver's License that he said he purchased... more »

• Larry Caillier's child porn trial slated for May

  March 17, 2010 6:50 AM

  Larry Caillier II is set to stand trial May 17 on federal child pornography charges. The former Opelousas High School teacher pleaded not guilty to charges of production and possession of child pornography, and attempt to coerce a minor to engage in criminal sexual acts. He was arrested Feb. 26... more »

• Former Opelousas high school teacher accused of child porn

  March 10, 2010 1:28 PM

  A federal grand jury has indicted 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 II is charged with producing and possessing child pornography, and with... more »

• 2 plead guilty to child porn

  February 26, 2010 6:33 AM

  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, and he was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary on each count with the... more »

• Man sentenced in child porn case

  January 28, 2010 6:42 AM

  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 to serve three years under the post-prison supervision of federal officers. Leet was convicted by a jury in January 2009. Leet's... more »

• UF broadcaster busted for child porn

  January 19, 2010 8:09 PM

  Longtime University of Florida sports radio broadcaster Steve Babik faces federal charges of having child porn on his computer and was fired by the University Athletic Association. Baik pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate in Gainesville on Tuesday and was released with restrictions. His lawyer says its too early... more »