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New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans
Task Force sponsored a two-month operation in the New Orleans metro area
with critical support from state and local law enforcement netted 45
arrests with 27 of the arrests being for violations of the Louisiana Sex
Offender Registry.
Operation “New Orleans Saints and Sinners
2020” was sponsored and funded by the USMS Sex Offender Investigations
Branch (SOIB). The operation ran from August 1st through September 30th,
2020, which mainly focused on Sex Offenders not registering in Orleans
and Jefferson Parishes. The USMS provided funding for state/local law
enforcement to conduct sex offender compliance checks to verify
residential information that had been provided by sex offenders during
their mandatory update appointments. A total of 131 compliance checks
were conducted during the operation and based off the compliance checks,
the state/local agencies issued warrants for the failure to register sex
offenders.
The operation also assisted the New Orleans Police
Department (NOPD) Special Victims Section with multiple sex offense
cases including:
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The arrest of a Hurricane Laura evacuee for
sexual battery and indecent behavior on a 10-year-old victim while
the evacuee was staying in a local New Orleans hotel.
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A 36-year-old registered sex offender
believed to be noncompliant with the registry was arrested on an
additional warrant related to a sexual battery and indecent behavior
with a 14-year-old victim. The offender’s prior conviction requires
him to register as a sex offender involved him molesting an 11-year
old victim.
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Another case involved the arrest of an adult
male in Gretna, LA on an open NOPD SVS warrant for first degree rape
(victim under 13), sexual battery, and indecent behavior with
juveniles. It is alleged that two of the child victims, a male and
female, were under 10 years of age and an additional victim was 16.
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One other arrest involved assisting the NOPD
in locating an adult male alleged to have been engaged in multiple
accounts of obscenity, stalking, and criminal trespass, to include
obscenity in front of children in the area of Jackson Ave and
Annunciation Street New Orleans, LA.
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On September 30th, while conducting the
operation, the USMS recognized and arrested a fugitive wanted by the
St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office for an attempted murder warrant.
That fugitive and an associate were arrested after a foot pursuit in
the Desire Housing Development during which the fugitive attempted
to discard two firearms and his associate was found to be illegally
carrying a firearm.
“This operation shows what our continuing
federal, state, and local law enforcement partnerships can accomplish,”
said U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana Scott Illing.
“Recent news reports suggest that tabs are not being kept on sex
offenders, but we have been engaged in these partnerships to track
fugitive sex offenders for well over a decade and provide funding to
support compliance checks. I am proud of the work being done by our
partners and the USMS New Orleans Task Force.”
Participants in
Operation New Orleans Saints and Sinners 2020:
- U.S. Marshals Service New Orleans Task Force
- Louisiana State Police
- New Orleans Police Department
- Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office
Information about violent fugitives and sex
offender fugitives can be provided to the U.S. Marshals Service at
(504) 589-6872, via email at
usms.wanted@usdoj.gov, or
with the USMS tips app.
Crimestoppers GNO may also be contacted with tips at
(504) 822-1111.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
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