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Former Kenner teacher pleads not guilty to touching boy, seeking sexually explicit photos from him
Updated Oct 25, 2020 at 1:42 pm
A former English teacher at a Kenner middle school pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he inappropriately touched a boy, asked the victim for sexually explicit photos and uploaded child pornography.
Willie Moses, 39, of Harvey, was charged with oral sexual battery, sexual battery, two counts of possession of pornography involving a juvenile under the age of 13, possession of pornography involving a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation of a juvenile, according to Jefferson Parish court records.
The solicitation and battery charges involve a now-15-year-old boy, according to authorities. Moses is accused of giving the boy alcohol and inappropriately touching him at some time he was between the ages of 11 and 15, according to court records.
Moses allegedly sent text messages to the victim asking for explicit photographs, authorities said. One of the boy's relatives discovered the text messages and reported Moses to authorities in July.
At the time the complaint was made, Moses was already under investigation by the Louisiana Attorney General's Office on the child pornography charges.
State investigators first arrested him in July 2019 after the Cyber Crimes Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone was uploading images of children being sexually abused to an unnamed social network, authorities said.
Moses was identified as a suspect. After his arrest last year, Moses was placed on leave and eventually terminated from his teaching position at Tom Benson Middle School in Kenner, Jefferson Parish Public School System officials have said.
Moses was being held Sunday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna in lieu of a $300,000 bond.
Terry Stewart, 40, a friend of Moses' and a former JPSO employee, was also arrested in connection with the case, authorities said. He was booked with failure to report the commission of a felony.
Stewart is accused knowing about the alleged crimes but not alerting law enforcement. He has not been formally charged in the case.
Former Kenner teacher pleads not guilty to touching boy, seeking sexually explicit photos from him
Updated Oct 25, 2020 at 1:42 pm
A former English teacher at a Kenner middle school pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he inappropriately touched a boy, asked the victim for sexually explicit photos and uploaded child pornography.
Willie Moses, 39, of Harvey, was charged with oral sexual battery, sexual battery, two counts of possession of pornography involving a juvenile under the age of 13, possession of pornography involving a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation of a juvenile, according to Jefferson Parish court records.
The solicitation and battery charges involve a now-15-year-old boy, according to authorities. Moses is accused of giving the boy alcohol and inappropriately touching him at some time he was between the ages of 11 and 15, according to court records.
Moses allegedly sent text messages to the victim asking for explicit photographs, authorities said. One of the boy's relatives discovered the text messages and reported Moses to authorities in July.
At the time the complaint was made, Moses was already under investigation by the Louisiana Attorney General's Office on the child pornography charges.
State investigators first arrested him in July 2019 after the Cyber Crimes Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone was uploading images of children being sexually abused to an unnamed social network, authorities said.
Moses was identified as a suspect. After his arrest last year, Moses was placed on leave and eventually terminated from his teaching position at Tom Benson Middle School in Kenner, Jefferson Parish Public School System officials have said.
Moses was being held Sunday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna in lieu of a $300,000 bond.
Terry Stewart, 40, a friend of Moses' and a former JPSO employee, was also arrested in connection with the case, authorities said. He was booked with failure to report the commission of a felony.
Stewart is accused knowing about the alleged crimes but not alerting law enforcement. He has not been formally charged in the case.