BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Terrebonne
Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter today announced the arrest of a convicted sex
offender on child exploitation charges.
“Child pornography is a dreadful crime that inflicts
lifelong damage to the victims,” said General Landry. “So I applaud my office
and our law enforcement partners for finding and arresting the despicable
people who possess, distribute, and produce these horrific sexual abuse images
and videos.”
Joseph Delbert Verdin, 55 of Dulac, was arrested on 3
counts of possessing pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13 years
old. The arrest was a result of a joint investigation by the Louisiana Bureau
of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s
Office (TPSO), and Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. Verdin was booked into
Terrebonne Parish Jail, where he was additionally charged by the TPSO for
failing to register as a sex offender.
“It angers me that we have people in our community who
would possess this type of material,” said Sheriff Larpenter. “I am proud of
our detectives and personnel from other agencies who worked hard to see that
his person is off the streets and away from our children.”