17-year-old male booked with sex act in a public library while watching porn on the Internet

Posted: September 16th, 2014 | Filed under: News Releases

Henry Stafford 3, booked with obscenity.

Henry Stafford 3, booked with obscenity.

A 17-year-old St. Bernard Parish male has been booked with obscenity for committing a sex act in a public library while watching porn on the Internet, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Henry Stafford 3, 1821 Robert Drive in eastern St. Bernard, was arrested Saturday, Sept. 13 in the library in the re-opened old Parish Courthouse at 1201 Bayou Road, the sheriff said.

A library employee reported just before 3 p.m. that a male was acting suspiciously and apparently had been looking at porn on a laptop computer. When a sheriff’s deputy arrived the employee said she had seen the teen-ager sitting at a table in front of a computer and his pants had been down.

Under questioning by the deputy, Stafford first said he was looking at a new video game. But when informed he was suspected of watching porn and committing a sex act with his pants down he admitted it, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

After further questioning by a sheriff’s detective, Stafford was taken to St. Bernard Parish Prison and booked with obscenity.

He was being held in lieu of bond set at $2,500.