Man already incarcerated booked with sex crimes on two juvenile victims and 3 women, all of which happened before Hurricane Katrina

Posted: October 16th, 2013 | Filed under: News Releases

In an unusual story, a man serving time in a parish prison has admitted that when he lived in St. Bernard Parish years ago he raped three women he knew and committed sex crimes on his then-juvenile son and two other young boys, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The 34-year-old man, whose name isn’t being released to protect the identity of the alleged victims, is serving time for a conviction in a parish in southwestern Louisiana.

Several months ago he gave a letter to officials where he is incarcerated, admitting he raped three women in St. Bernard Parish and committed sex crimes on three young children years ago when he lived in St. Bernard, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

The Juvenile Division of the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office began an investigation after being notified of the confession, the sheriff said.

The three women, the man’s young son and that boy’s half-brother have been identified as victims but the alleged third child involved hasn’t been determined.

On Tuesday, the prisoner was brought to St. Bernard Parish to be booked on sex charges and was taken back to the other parish where he serving time. He will have a detained on him and when released there would face the sex crime charges in St. Bernard, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

He said the man was booked with three counts of raping the women, one count of rape of his son and one count of sexual battery of the boy’s half-brother.

An investigation is continuing.

The offenses in St. Bernard were committed before Hurricane Katrina, the sheriff said.

In a separate case, the sheriff said a St. Bernard Parish man was booked Tuesday with sexual battery and with indecent behavior with a juvenile, both counts involving an 11-year-old girl he knew.

The man, whose name isn’t being released to protect the victim’s identity, is being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of bond set at $60,000.

The sheriff’s Juvenile Division handled the investigation.