Police in New Orleans has arrested 30 sex offenders and rescued five missing teens after conducting an annual initiative called “Operation Boo Dat.”
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The arrests were made between October and Dec. 24 where officers arrested 30 sex offenders, 17 of those offenders were accused of violating their felony sex registrations. In a press release issued by the US Marshals, it reads that the missing five teens were between the ages of 14 and 17. One of the teens was a 15-year-old girl who was listed as a runaway and has prior issues with sex trafficking. She also told authorities that her pimp was recently murdered.
“A third recovery was the result of a collateral lead request from USMS Middle District of Louisiana to attempt to locate a 15-year-old runaway female for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. That teen had prior human sex trafficking issues in Baton Rouge, but her pimp had recently been murdered. She was located living with her 17-year-old boyfriend and one of his relatives at an apartment in the 12100 block of North I-10 Service Road New Orleans, LA. Information was also developed that the female was regularly leaving the apartment to meet with adult males in New Orleans East.”
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The other missing teens included two sisters, aged 15 and 16, who could’ve been victims of felony criminal sexual activities.
“The fourth and fifth recoveries were of two sisters ages 15 and 16 with one missing out of St. Tammany Parish, LA and the younger sister missing out of Baton Rouge, LA. Both females may be victims of adult(s) felony criminal sexual activities and they were recovered at an apartment in Baton Rouge with critical support from USMS Middle District of Louisiana and Baton Rouge Police Department.”
SOURCE: New York Post