BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following
statement after his office obtained an East Baton Rouge Parish jury conviction
of James Fontenot on child pornography charges:
“Child pornography is a heinous crime that inflicts
lifelong damage to its victims. My office and I are committed to investigating,
arresting, and prosecuting those who exploit children. I commend my Assistant
Attorneys General Stephen Martin and Jeff Traylor for their exceptional
prosecutorial work to convict James Fontenot. This conviction should serve as a
reminder of the justice waiting for the despicable criminals producing,
distributing, and possessing sexual abuse images and videos of children.”
Fontenot, who faces a minimum of 10 years in prison, is
expected to be sentenced by Judge Beau Higginbotham on August 24, 2021.
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8/26/21 UPDATE: On Tuesday, Judge Beau Higginbotham sentenced Fontenot to 25 years of
hard labor without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.