BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General
Jeff Landry’s Cyber Crime Unit yesterday arrested a Mer Rouge man for internet
crimes against children. The arrest was a result of a joint investigation with
the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Cyber Crime Unit, Louisiana State Police,
Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office, Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office, Oak Grove
Police Department, West Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Office, Bossier City Marshal’s
Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Dathan McMilleon, 31 of Mer Rouge,
was arrested on 100 counts of Pornography Involving Juveniles Under the Age of
Thirteen (Possession), 4 counts of Pornography Involving Juveniles Under the
Age of Seventeen (Possession), and 2 counts of Sexual Abuse of an Animal.
McMilleon was arrested in West Carroll Parish and booked as a fugitive for the
arrest warrant issued in Morehouse Parish. He was subsequently transported to
Morehouse Parish Prison.
"We will continue to
collaborate with our local, state, and federal partners to bring child
predators to justice." said AG Jeff Landry. "We are committed to
using every tool we have to aggressively pursue those who wish to harm our
children.”
The arrest comes just days after
Attorney General Jeff Landry called on the CEO of Netflix to remove “Cuties”
from its service due to the great harm it causes to kids in Louisiana and
beyond.
As noted in a letter to Netflix, the AG believes this “film”
whets the appetites of those who wish to harm our children in the most
unimaginable ways – criminals Landry’s Office spends countless hours finding,
apprehending, and prosecuting.
“By airing ‘Cuties’ on such a large platform – Netflix is
effectively normalizing horrific crimes on our most vulnerable and further
emboldening manufacturers, possessors, and distributors of child pornography.
They should take it down immediately,” said AG Jeff Landry.