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Police: Suspect in child exploitation operation arrived to meeting with 2-year-old

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM · 1 min read
Police: Suspect in child exploitation operation arrived to meeting with 2-year-old — Venice Community news

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) - A Louisiana police department said it made 10 arrests in an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children operation, which began Oct. 23.The Kenner Police Department said the undercover operation targeted adults who used social media and online apps to solicit minors for sexual purposes. This is the department’s fourth operation this year, officials said.How the arrests were madeDetectives said they made 10 arrests during this latest operation. Six of those suspects engaged in explicit sexual conversations with people they believed were underage girls, police said. When the suspects arrived at the arranged meeting place, they were met by Kenner police and arrested. Four others were arrested on warrants.Suspect arrived with 2-year-old childOne suspect, Jasmine Gatlin, 40, of New Orleans, arranged to meet someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl, officials said. Undercover detectives told the suspect not to bring the 2-year-old with him, but he arrived with

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