Federal jury in Oxford convicts Louisiana man in child sex case
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – A federal jury in Oxford convicts a Louisiana man in a child sex case that stretched from Gonzales, Louisiana to Monroe County.
Ronald Joseph Latiolais the third has been found guilty of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
The charges stem back to April 2019 when the then 23-year-old Latiolais was accused of taking a 13-year-old girl from her home in Monroe County.
Court documents state that the two met online, and Latiolais knew she was underage.
He went to the girl’s house, cut a screen on her bedroom window, and took her from her home.
He was arrested in Louisiana a few days later. The girl was returned home.
Latiolais will be sentenced in June.
