Louisiana Youth Shelter Employee Arrested After Alleged Sex With Sixteen-Year-Old

Bossier City Police say a worker at the Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl at the center.

Police booked 36-year-old Jermario Tywhunn Jefferson of Shreveport with molestation of a juvenile.

The man is being held in the Bossier Parish Maximum Security Facility with a $50,000.