AMITE (LA)
Slidell Sentry-News
AMITE, La. (AP) -- Jailed former Tangipahoa Parish deputy Chris Labat has been booked on 24 additional counts related to the child and animal sex abuse scandal at the Hosanna Church in Ponchatoula, a sheriff's spokeswoman said Monday.
The new counts pertain to pornography involving juveniles and were levied Friday night after agents with the FBI and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's department searched computers seized at Labat's residence, spokeswoman Laura Covington said.
Labat, 24, of Hammond, was arrested May 17 on one count of aggravated rape. On June 2, he was charged with two additional counts of aggravated rape, one of failure to report child abuse and one of malfeasance in office.
Labat was transferred May 18 to the Livingston Parish jail, where he was being held without bond.
Labat is one of nine people arrested in the case, which includes allegations of child sex abuse during "cult-like" rituals at the church where Louis Lamonica, who is one of the suspects, was pastor.