At least five missing girls were recovered and 30 men taken into custody after a U.S. Marshals-led task force completed its operation in Louisiana.
The girls rescued were teenagers, aged 14 to 17, and 17 of the 30 men arrested are facing charges of felony sex offender registration violations, according to a press release from the Marshals.
The operation, named “Operation Boo Dat,” occurred between mid-October and Dec. 24, the release noted.
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One man had a warrant out for his arrest for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl, and another was wanted on sexual assault charges against a 14-year-old girl.
The operation took place outside of New Orleans with the help of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, the New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana State Police, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and USMS New Orleans Task Force.
Two of the girls who were rescued from a Baton Rouge apartment were sisters and “may be victims of adult[s’] felony criminal sexual activities,” the release said.
Working with several law enforcement agencies in Greater New Orleans, the U.S. Marshals Service recovered 5 teenagers who were missing and endangered and arrested 30 people — including 17 sex offenders during Operation Boo Dat.
— U.S. Marshals (@USMarshalsHQ) December 28, 2021
Another 16-year-old who was recovered was discovered “living with several adults,” including an “adult female strip club dancer.”
“During Operation Boo Dat over one hundred sex offender compliance checks were also attempted or completed in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes,” the release noted.
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“Sex Offender compliance checks require law enforcement officers to go to the sex offender’s reported address of residence to verify that the person still lives at the provided address. Often countless hours of follow up investigative work are required during and after a compliance check.”
