Louisiana Man Arrested on 400 Counts in Major Child, Animal Exploitation Case

A Louisiana man is behind bars after someone filed a complaint with the Sheriff's Office alleging that he possessed hundreds of copies of child and animal pornography and abuse.

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KLFY reported that and investigation began after law enforcement received the complaint. Rodger D. Stripling Jr. was contacted by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office and handed his cell phone over to deputies. After obtaining a search warrant, they found "more than 250 photographs of pornography involving juveniles and more than 160 photographs of sexual abuse of animals in Stripling’s cell phone."

The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office discovered that the children in the photos ages ranged from a few months old to teenagers, "the photos were of children unclothes and being sexually assaulted," according to KLFY.

Dogs and cats were also photographed being sexually abused by humans.

Rodger D. Stripling Jr., 32, was arrested Tuesday and charged with 250 counts of pornography involving juveniles and 160 counts of sexual abuse of an animal and his bond is set at $330,000.

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