30 Sex Offenders Arrested In New Orleans After Five Missing Teen Girls Found
On Monday (January 3), the U.S. Marshals Service revealed in a press release that an operation in the New Orleans area led to the discovery of five missing teenagers and 30 sex offender arrests.
An annual multi-agency initiative dubbed “Operation Boo Dat” was conducted between mid-October and December 24. It revealed that of the arrests made, 17 of the accused were accused of felon sex offender registration violations. All five of the found teenagers were girls ranging between the ages of 14 and 17.
According to the New York Post, the arrests included one man wanted for raping a 12-year-old girl victim in an abandoned home on the West Bank of New Orleans. Another man was arrested for an alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in June in San Patricio County, Texas.
“During Operation Boo Dat over one hundred sex offender compliance checks were also attempted or completed in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes,” the US Marshal Service said, according to the Post. “Sex Offender compliance checks require law enforcement officers to go to the sex offender’s reported address of residence to verify that the person still lives at the provided address. Often countless hours of follow up investigative work are required during and after a compliance check.”
“Operation Boo Dat” was reportedly carried out by the U.S. Marshals Service along with the New Orleans Police Department, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana State Police, and USMS New Orleans Task Force.
