More Information
on Richard Deshotel Requested by LBI
BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry’s Cyber
Crime Unit has arrested an Evangeline Parish man on multiple charges of child
pornography, and his team is asking the public for more information on the
alleged perpetrator.
“Our office and law enforcement partners will use every
tool we have to locate, investigate, and arrest child predators,” said General
Landry. “We want to bring those who exploit our State’s children to
justice.”
Richard Deshotel,
47 of Mamou, was arrested on 10 counts of
Sexual Abuse Images/Videos of Children and two counts of Sexual Abuse
Images/Videos of Children (under the age of 13). He was arrested and booked
into the Evangeline Parish Jail following a joint investigation between the
Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Cyber Crime Unit, Homeland Security
Investigations, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Mamou Police
Department, and the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office.
General Landry is asking the public to please call the
Louisiana Bureau of Investigation at 800-256-4506 if they have information or
concerns regarding Deshotel. Callers do not have to give their names.
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