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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 »

• 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 »

• AG: 9 arrested in child predator roundup Play Video

  April 24, 2013 2:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's attorney general announced nine arrests today as part of an undercover operation investigating child predators across southern Louisiana. AG Buddy Caldwell said the state Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force made the arrests with the help of state, local, and federal authorities. "Louisiana's ICAC... 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 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 »

• Man accused of child porn, unauthorized wireless access

  April 8, 2013 4:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Attorney General's Office said their high tech crime unit caught a Baton Rouge man highjacking a wireless router to look at child porn. Authorities arrested Richard Wells-Lightsey, 26, on Friday as part of a joint investigation with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, AG's High... 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 »

• Porn star Jeremy likely to be in hospital for a while

  February 4, 2013 2:36 PM

  LOS ANGELES - Porn star Ron Jeremy's agent says the prolific actor will likely stay at a Los Angeles hospital a while to recover from an aneurysm near his heart. Agent Mike Esterman says Jeremy isn't allowed to receive visitors or deliveries following a procedure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last... 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 »

• 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 »

• 'Ben & Cherry's' porn movie withdrawn after suit

  September 12, 2012 12:57 PM

  NEW YORK - A California company that produced X-rated films based on popular Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavors has agreed to pull the movies from store shelves and destroy materials related to them. A federal consent order was filed Tuesday in Manhattan. It describes how Rodax Distributors and Caballero... more »

• Ky. woman fights porn companies' anti-piracy suits

  July 12, 2012 12:44 PM

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. - It's a common tactic for pornography producers trying to protect their product from online piracy. They sue unknown "John Does" who illegally download movies, then go to Internet providers to learn their true identities and collect. Hundreds of porn companies have filed thousands of lawsuits across the... 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 »

• Porn actress prom date

  March 23, 2012 10:43 AM

  OAKDALE - A Minnesota high school senior who turned to the porn industry for a prom date found a couple of takers, but school administrators said X-rated actresses are not welcome. The student sent dozens of Twitter messages to Hollywood celebrities, mostly porn actresses. Two actresses agreed to accompany him... more »

• Dad plays porn instead of 'Smurfs' at kids' party

  February 14, 2012 12:39 PM

  TREMONTON, Utah - Police aren't filing charges against a father who briefly played a pornographic video instead of "The Smurfs" at his child's birthday party. Tremonton Police Chief Dave Nance tells the Standard-Examiner of Ogden the man had rented a copy of "The Smurfs" from a Redbox kiosk and loaded... 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• Super Bowl Porn Hacker

  October 20, 2011 7:45 PM

  A man in Tucson, Arizona admits he hacked into a cable company's operations to show a 37-second pornography clip during the telecast of the 2009 Super Bowl. Frank Gonzales pleaded guilty to computer tampering and will be sentenced in December. He faces three years probation and a $1,000 fine in... 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 »

• 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 »

• 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 »

• Ticket bought at Mich. porn shop worth $129M

  November 12, 2010 3:35 PM

  LANSING, Mich. - A group of Michigan friends and family is obscenely rich after winning a $129 million jackpot with a lottery ticket bought at a porn shop. Mike Greer, a member of the group, came forward Friday to claim the Powerball winnings on behalf of the others, who remained... more »

• Feds don't want 41 venomous snakes from porn case

  October 28, 2010 12:32 PM

  Jackson, Miss. - The federal government doesn't want 41 venomous snakes that were seized from a convicted Mississippi child pornographer who coerced a young girl to pose with the deadly creatures. John Joseph Maillet pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and possession of a firearm by a felon... 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 »

• Porn-viewing trucker sentenced in deadly crash

  September 1, 2010 1:16 PM

  An Ohio truck driver whose laptop computer was streaming pornography when his rig hit a disabled car on the New York State Thruway has been sentenced to three-to-nine years in prison for killing the other driver. Thomas Wallace of Brook Park, Ohio, pleaded guilty in May to second-degree manslaughter.... more »

• Mass. official aims to shame library porn viewers

  June 29, 2010 12:55 PM

  A city councilor in Massachusetts thinks he's come up with a way to stop people looking at pornography on public library computers - name them and shame them. Quincy Councilor Daniel Raymondi has asked Mayor Thomas Koch to make public a list of people who have viewed pornography on... 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 »

• Porn star to announce Senate intentions

  April 15, 2010 5:22 AM

  A porn star who has been flirting with the idea of running against Sen. David Vitter may finally make a decision. Stormy Daniels recently declared herself a Republican. If she does announce plans to run on Thursday, her campaign appears likely to be little more than a reminder of a... 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 »

• La. man pleads guilty in child porn probe

  February 3, 2010 5:03 AM

  A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to charges he had hundreds of images of child pornography in his possession when federal agents searched his home last year. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Nicholas Broekman, of Belle Chasse, had 1,500 images of child porn on his computer and another 150 such images... more »