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BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry joined federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to announce the success of Operation Broken Heart – a two-month initiative to identify, apprehend, and prosecute those who produce, distribute, receive and possess child pornography; engage in online enticement of children for sexual purposes; engage in the sex trafficking of children; and travel across state lines or to foreign countries and sexually abuse children.

Elise LaFleur’s interest in politics began while taking civics as a sophomore in high school.
For the now 21-year-old Abbeville native, that interest has grown into opportunities that have brought her to Baton Rouge, Washington, D.C., and England.
LaFleur, the daughter of Cecile and Ricky LaFleur, is currently a junior at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., where she is majoring in politics with a concentration in American Government. She will graduate in May of 2020.

The following defendants were convicted or pled guilty to various charges and were sentenced in the 15th Judicial District Court, Parish of Vermilion:
1. Tekoa Schexnider, Unauthorized Entry into an Inhabited Dwelling; 2 years hard labor
2. John Harrington, Indecent Behavior with Juvenile; 7 years hard labor, suspend all but 2 years, 3 years supervised probation
3. Kinnie Henderson, Jr., Attempted Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; 5 years hard labor
4. Kinnie Henderson, Jr., Failure to Register as Sex Offender; 2 years hard labor