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13 men charged after online child sex crimes investigation, Livingston Parish sheriff says
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office arrested 13 men accused of online child sex crimes.
TV personality Chris Hansen teamed up with the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office and other agencies, including the ICAC Task Force, the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, and sheriff's offices from Ascension and East Baton Rouge. Their efforts led to investigations that resulted in the arrest of 13 men on social media platforms.
“This was an investigation in collaboration with Chris Hansen. Though thirteen individuals were taken into custody in Livingston Parish, only two individuals lived in Livingston Parish. Six individuals were from surrounding parishes. Five individuals were from other states. Learn from this: the internet has NO boundaries. Child predators will go to any length to exploit children," Sheriff Jason Ard said.
Almost all were arrested on indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation of a minor charges:
- St. Martin Parish
- Ashton Brignac, 27, of Broussard
- Iberia Parish
- Chad Romero, 44, of New Iberia
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Devon Lamar Nealond, 20, of Baton Rouge
- Jeremy Britten III, 41, of Baton Rouge
- Joe Bridges, 29, of Baton Rouge
- Livingston Parish
- Hunter Easterling, 27, of Denham Springs
- Tyler Daigle, 31, of Denham Springs
- Iberville Parish
- Lawrence Scott, 32, of White Castle
- Other States
- Jeramy Yarbrough, 43, of Kingsland, Texas
- principal to indecent behavior with a juvenile and principal to computer-aided solicitation of a minor
- Jerry Watts, 51, of Kingsland, Texas
- Mansoor Ahmed, 41, of Oak Hill, Virginia
- Nikola Griffin, 23, of Foxworth, Mississippi
- Sam Al Quhaif, 35, of Picayune, Mississippi
- Jeramy Yarbrough, 43, of Kingsland, Texas
“The phenomenal work of our LPSO ICAC Team received a commendation from Louisiana AG Murrill and attracted the attention of journalist/TV Personality Chris Hansen," said Ard.
Ard said these cases and more from Livingston Parish can be seen on Hansen’s crime-oriented streaming service, TruBlu.