NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lieutenant Wayne P. McInnis
Email:
wmcinnis@kennerpd.com
Office: (504) 712-2234
Date: July 2, 2008
Sexual predator
arrested
KENNER –
On July
1, 2008 at approximately 11:30 A.M.,
Larry W. Davis B/M, age 52, of 1349 Southlawn Blvd,
New Orleans, LA. was arrested for one (1) count of
computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes, three (3)
counts of indecent behavior with juveniles, and one (1) count of
pornography involving juveniles.
The undercover operation
began on June 5, 2008, when a Kenner detective went into an
online chat room posing as a juvenile female from Kenner. Davis,
who used the screen name “dixmen70809,” contacted the detective.
From the onset, Davis
knew he was chatting with a juvenile female.
During
the course of the chat, Davis solicited to have sex with the
juvenile female and invited her to view his webcam.
Davis sent images of himself
masturbating, via the webcam.
On July 1, 2008, Kenner Detectives, New
Orleans Police Officers, and Investigators from the Louisiana
Attorney General’s Office arrested Davis at his residence in New
Orleans, Louisiana
Davis is also facing computer-aided
solicitation for sexual purposes and
indecent behavior with
juveniles charges by the Louisiana
Attorney General’s Office.
If convicted,
Davis
will be required to register as a sex offender. He faces
imprisonment and hard labor for not less than two (2) years or
more than ten (10) years. With multiple charges, however the
sentence could be up to twenty-five (25) years
The investigation and arrest
were made possible by the utilization of equipment donated to
the Kenner Police Department by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, specifically for this type of investigation.
The Kenner Police Department
has been and will continue to aggressively go after individuals
who use the Internet to sexually exploit juveniles from the city
of Kenner.
Larry W. Davis
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