One of the parents was alarmed by the fact that a 35-year-old man would call their 13-year-old daughter "sweetie", and so a detective posed as a 15-year-old girl on the social media site to communicate with Louis James.
State Police Trpr. Stephen Hammons said they were contacted by the legal guardian of the boy, whom he said was under 16 years of age, because she was concerned about text messages the boy was receiving from the golf instructor, 65-year-old Paul Hensley, Jr.
It turns out he was a sheriff's deputy. In an update to this story, a man named Michael Touchet of Morgan City was arrested for allegedly having improper online chats with a juvenile. Major Ginny Higgins with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Department says he worked with their office and has been fired...
A man behind bars, accused of inappropriate contact with a teenager. The 14-year-old tells the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office the incident happened at a home on Janin Road early last month.
A Scott man is now behind bars, accused of touching a child inappropriately. Police there say they got a complaint a couple weeks ago that Ronald Cormier had touched the child.