BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney
General Jeff Landry today announced the arrest of a convicted sex offender from
Washington Parish on multiple charges of internet crimes against children.
“My Cyber Crime Unit and I work tirelessly to find and
apprehend criminals who produce, posses, or distribute sexual abuse images and
videos of children,” said General Landry. “We will not cease in our efforts to
protect children and make our communities safer."
Angelo Monjure, 62 of Franklinton, was arrested on
25 counts of possession of Sexual Abuse Images/Videos of Children. Monjure is a
convicted sex offender who was given a lifetime requirement to register as a
sex offender. He was arrested and booked into the Washington Parish Jail
following a joint investigation by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Cyber
Crime Unit and the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office.
If anyone has further information or concerns about
Monjure, General Landry encourages them to call the LBI at 800-256-4506.
Callers do not have to give their names.
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