BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry’s Cyber Crime
Unit arrested two Vermilion Parish residents earlier this week for internet
crimes against children. The arrests resulted from joint investigations with
the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Louisiana Bureau of Investigation,
Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, Abbeville Police Department, Lafayette
Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Homeland Security Investigations.
Joshua
Kyle Griffith, 30 of Abbeville, was arrested on 10 counts of Pornography
Involving Juveniles Under the Age of Thirteen (Possession).
Cory
James Dupuis, 31 of Kaplan, was arrested on 4 counts of Pornography Involving
Juveniles Under the Age of Thirteen (Possession).
“Every
time a child sexual abuse image or video is viewed, that child is
re-victimized,” said AG Jeff Landry. “So my office and I will continue to do
all we legally can to protect those children from further harm.”
Griffith
and Dupuis were booked into the Vermilion Parish Jail.
These
arrests happened the very same day 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 the below 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.