Two men booked in seperate incidents with indecent behavior with juveniles; one of them also arrested for sexual battery

Dallas Green, one of two men booked in separate incidents withindecent behavior with a juvenile

Two St. Bernard Parish men have been booked in separate incidents with indecent behavior with juveniles and one of them was also arrested for sexual battery, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Salvadore Chauppetta, 44, of Meraux was booked Feb. 6 after a judge signed arrest warrants alleging sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile involving ncidents weeks ago in which he allegedly touched a girl on separate occasions, the sheriff said.

The victim told an aunt about the incidents and the adult called the Sheriff’s Office. Juvenile Division detectives interviewed the girl and the information was presented to a judge who issued the arrest warrants, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

Chauppetta was being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of bond set at $25,000.

In an unrelated incident, Dallas Green, 31, of Arabi, was booked Feb 5 with indecent behavior with a juvenile boy and an investigation is continuing by the Juvenile Division, the sheriff said.

The juvenile’s mother reported to the Sheriff’s Office that her son told her about incidents in which he was touched inappropriately by Green,

Green was also booked recently with domestic abuse battery and disturbing the peace.

He was jailed in lieu of bond set at $104,000.