Shreveport Man Extradited From Ohio for Sex Crimes

A Shreveport man was arrested by U.S. marshals in Ohio after Caddo detectives found over a thousand videos and photos of child pornography and animal sexual abuse in his possession.

During a forensic investigation, Detective Thomas Lites with the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office Cyber Crimes Unit discovered Darren Dew, 32, had downloaded, saved and uploaded pornography involving children as young as three years old. Det. Lites also found evidence of a dog being sexually abused. Dew fled to Ohio shortly after finding out about the investigation.

Darren Dew, 32, was arrested on Tuesday, August 30.Suspect has been extradited from Ohio and booked into CCC on August 8 and charged with 1694 counts of child pornography and one count of animal sexual abuse.

Caddo Parish Labor Day Weekend Violent Offenders (Mugshots)

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e) The individual is charged with a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 7 14:2(B), except stalking, or charged with any of the following offenses: 8 (i) Sex offenses as defined in R.S. 15:541. 9 (ii) Human trafficking offenses as defined in R.S. 14:46.2 and 46.3. 10 (iii) Offenses affecting the health and morals of minors, R.S. 14:91 et seq. 11 (iv) Offenses affecting the health and safety of person with infirmities, 12 R.S.14:93.3 et seq. 13 (v) Video voyeurism. 14 (vi) Cruelty to animals. 15 (vii) Dogfighting. 16 (f) The booking photograph is part of a law enforcement file solely because 17 the subject of the booking photograph was filler as defined by Article 252. 18 (g) Any entity, person, or agency that publishes a booking photograph 19 according to this Paragraph shall include a disclaimer that states "all persons are 20 presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.""