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Slidell, Belle Chasse men arrested after multi-agency child exploitation investigation

Slidell, Belle Chasse men arrested after multi-agency child exploitation investigation

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A multi-agency investigation into child sexual exploitation has resulted in the arrests of men from Slidell and Belle Chasse, Louisiana State Police announced Saturday (Aug. 10).

LSP said Uri Parra Gonzalez, 35, of Slidell, and Gregory Wright, 31, of Belle Chasse, were both arrested for indecent behavior toward minors and computer-assisted solicitation of minors.

Details of the alleged offenses were not provided. But the agency said Gonzalez was incarcerated at the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Facility and Wright was incarcerated in Jefferson Parish.

State police said its Special Victims Unit worked with the FBI, Madisonville Police Department and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office to investigate and arrest the two suspects. It is not yet known whether their cases are related or separate.

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