A 17-year-old from Dulac is behind bars after Terrebonne Parish investigators say they tied more than 600 sexually explicit images and videos involving minors to his online accounts. Detectives with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office charged Jansen Jarrell Naquin with 601 counts of possession of child pornography and booked him into the parish criminal justice complex on a $50,000 bond. According to officials, Naquin admitted during questioning that the material belonged to him.
How the case came to light
According to The Times of Houma/Thibodaux, the investigation kicked off after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children sent a CyberTipline report to local authorities on Feb. 25. Special Victims Unit detectives reviewed the tip, traced multiple images and videos back to accounts that they say belonged to Naquin, then brought him in to be interviewed.
FOX 8 reports that investigators ultimately identified more than 600 individual files, a mix of images and videos, that they say showed minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Naquin appears in several of those files, according to the outlet. The sheriff’s office says he was booked into the Jerry J. Larpenter Criminal Justice Complex, where he remains held on the $50,000 bond while detectives continue to comb through the digital evidence.
Multi-agency work and what comes next
The sheriff’s office credited state and federal partners, including the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office and the Internet Crimes Against Children task force, for their help on the case. Additional charges could be filed as the review of the seized material continues, according to a department statement reported by The Times of Houma/Thibodaux. The Special Victims Unit is working with prosecutors to organize the evidence as the case moves through the local court system.
Legal penalties in Louisiana
Possession of pornography involving juveniles is a felony under Louisiana law. The statute, RS 14:81.1, allows for prison sentences and fines, with intentional possession carrying possible hard-labor terms and financial penalties, and tougher punishment if the offense involves distribution or victims under 13, according to the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
Anyone with information related to the Terrebonne Parish case is asked to contact the sheriff’s office through its non-emergency line. Members of the public who come across suspected child sexual abuse material online can report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline or by calling 1-800-THE-LOST. Federal guidance notes that these tips are routed to local investigators who handle child exploitation cases.
