BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney
General Jeff Landry’s Cyber Crime Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Unit have
arrested two Rapides Parish men on multiple counts of child pornography
charges.
“My office will continue to work diligently and
effectively to take child predators off of our streets.” said General
Landry. "We will continue doing all we legally can to bring to
justice those who expose and exploit our State's vulnerable children."
Gabriel Gunter, 35
of Lecompte, was arrested on two separate
warrants. The first warrant included three counts of Possession of Sexual Abuse
Images/Videos of Children (under the age of 13). The second warrant included
five counts of Possession of Sexual Abuse Images/Videos of Children (under the
age of 13) and one count of Possession of Sexual Abuse Images/Videos of
Children (over 13, but still minor). Gunter was arrested and booked into the
Rapides Parish Detention Center following a joint investigation between the
Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) Cyber Crime Unit, the LBI
Fugitive Apprehension Unit, Homeland Security investigations, the Rapides
Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Louisiana State Police.
Michael Wayne Tipton, 57
of Alexandria, was arrested on five counts
of Possession of Sexual Abuse Images/Videos of Children (under the age of 13)
and one count of Distribution of Sexual Abuse Images/Videos of Children (under
the age of 13). Tipton was arrested and booked into the Rapides Parish
Detention Center following a joint investigation between the LBI Cyber Crime
Unit, Homeland Security Investigations, the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office,
and the Louisiana State Police.
General Landry is asking the public to please call the
Louisiana Bureau of Investigation at 800-256-4506 if they have any information
or concerns about Gunter and/or Tipton. The LBI Cyber Crime Unit has
investigated thousands of computer crimes that have victimized children from
infants to 16 years of age.
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