Baton Rouge, LA - Attorney General
Jeff Landry announced today that his Cyber Crime Unit has made five more
arrests throughout Louisiana.
"My team and our law
enforcement partners continue to do more with less to keep our State’s children
safe," said AG Landry. "I am very proud of the work they do every day
to bring child predators to justice, and I hope they get the resources
necessary to do their jobs even more effectively during this time of increased
online activity."
Jared Wilkinson, 20 of Jackson, was
arrested and charged with 50 counts of Pornography Involving Juveniles Under
the Age of Thirteen (possession). The arrest was the result of a joint
investigation with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Louisiana State
Police, East Feliciana Sheriff's Office, and Jackson Police Department.
Wilkinson was booked into the East Feliciana Parish Jail.
Pedro Moreno, 40 of Denham
Springs, was arrested and charged with 7 counts of Pornography Involving
Juveniles Under the Age of Thirteen (possession). The arrest was the result of
a joint investigation with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Homeland
Security Investigations, Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, and Jefferson
Parish Sheriff's Office. Moreno was originally booked by into the Jefferson
Parish Correctional Center as a fugitive then subsequently booked into the
Livingston Parish Jail.
Mostafa Rasheed, 40 of Baton
Rouge, was arrested and charged with 13 counts of Pornography Involving
Juveniles Under the Age of Thirteen (possession) and four counts of Sexual
Abuse of an Animal. The arrest was the result of a joint investigation with the
Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, West Baton Rouge
Sheriff's Office, and New Iberia Police Department. Rasheed was booked into the
East Baton Parish Prison.
Gregory Pratt, 53 of West Monroe,
was arrested and charged with one count of Pornography Involving Juveniles
Under the Age of Thirteen (possession). The arrest was the result of an
investigation by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation. Pratt was booked into
the Ouachita Correctional Center.
Charles Howell IV, 61 of
Terrytown, was arrested and charged with one count of Pornography Involving Juveniles
Under the Age of Thirteen (possession). The arrest was the result of a joint
investigation with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security
Investigations, and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Howell was booked into
the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.