Child Pornography

Some of the pornographic images were confirmed to be a relative of Villa.

Mark Anthony Slade faces up to twenty years in prison for child pornography charges.

Eric Manuel admitted to creating a Facebook page on which he would pretend to be a young girl.

Manuel was indicted by a federal grand jury back in January 2012 on 18 counts of producing child pornography, and two counts of "using a facility of interstate commerce to persuade a minor to engage in criminal sexual acts," said U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley.

State Police Trooper Stephen Hammons said police had been investigating Paul Smith after receiving a tip earlier this month that he had the porn on his computer and that he was distributing it.

Austin Vinning is also facing additional charges.

The suspect faces up to 10 years on each of 10 counts.

36-year-old Cedric Connor of Lafayette will see over 19 years of prison time after a conviction on child porn production.  Court documents showed that Connor produced the porn while babysitting a 7-year-old girl, taking pictures of her in sexually explicit poses ...

The 70-year-old man who was previously convicted on child porn charges faces more child porn charges.

The man was arrested after State Police say they found child pornography on his computer.

Robert Sprague made 560 posts to the bulletin board depicting hardcore child pornography.

Credeur sentenced for child pornography possession.

A man in Calcasieu Parish is facing allegations that he not only downloaded child pornography but that he also had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 9-year-old child. Sgt. James Anderson with State Police Troop D says an Internet Against Crimes Against Children investigation lead them to 34-year-old Shaun Mueller of Rosepine...

State Police say they found child pornography on his computer, but this isn't his first run-in with the law.

Stephen Broussard of DeRidder has been sentenced to ten years in prison.

Jeffery Myatt was taken in to custody on Friday after an investigation between a few different enforcement agencies...

An update to a story that KPEL news has been following since late December. Eric Manuel, a former youth minister at St. Thomas More High School, has been indicted on multiple child sex crimes.

State Police in Calcasieu Parish have arrested a Sulphur man for downloading child pornography. Troopers say they searched the home of 25-year-old Donald Waller, Jr. after launching an investigation last year into porn downloaded to his computer.

A father who sexually exploited his daughter in child pornography has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Clyde Pontefract of Elizabeth pleaded guilty in December of 2010 to producing child pornography.

More information is coming out on a former youth minister accused of storing child pornography. This morning, KPEL reported that Eric Manuel, formerly of St. Thomas More High School, had to go to court today for the charges.