The FBI contacted state police about allegations against Livingston’s deputy months ago

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BATON ROUGE — Louisiana State Police confirmed to WBRZ that they received a tip from the FBI in May regarding the case involving a Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy accused of molesting her children.

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A spokesperson for the agency released the following statement:

Louisiana State Police received a tip from the FBI on May 1, 2023 regarding allegations of child sexual abuse. Special Victims Investigators assigned to the LSP Bureau of Investigations have learned that the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office has a case regarding allegations of sexual abuse by [the deputy].

After reviewing the LPSO case and all available evidence, LSP investigators have determined that there is insufficient evidence to proceed with the investigation. Therefore, no case was opened by LSP. The original complainant was advised to notify LSP investigators if additional evidence was uncovered. To date, no further evidence has been provided to LSP’s investigators and LSP has not been contacted by the complainant. The investigation has not progressed at this time.

Despite three separate assessments from a doctor, DCFS and the Children’s Advocacy Center justifying the alleged abuse in 2018, WBRZ learned Friday that none of them testified in a court hearing. Since then, no criminal charges have been brought against the MP.

This week, the case caught the attention of national civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

“When you look at the Livingston Sheriff’s Department and the things they missed in the Dennis and Cynthia Perkins case, the things they missed in the John Mack case, and you start wondering when did you a plethora of evidence on this latest case….why don’t they take these matters seriously to at least say we have probable cause,” Crump said.

Mack was found guilty of rape on Friday in a separate investigation. His case was ignored for about a decade until the NAACP got involved.

Two other cases involving the Fores, a pair of local business owners, and Dennis and Cynthia Perkins were also not fully investigated when they were reported to the parish sheriff’s office. of Livingstone. Sheriff Jason Ard admitted the Fore case was not investigated as diligently as it should have been. He also admitted he had written nothing about the Perkins case when a Baton Rouge police officer met with him more than a year before his arrest to alert him to suspicious behavior.

Crump said this week he intended to ask a higher authority to come and investigate.

“If it happens once, it’s an incident,” Crump said. “If it happens twice, it’s a coincidence. If it happens three or four times, it seems like a disturbing pattern. So we, the public, need to give these voiceless girls a voice.”

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