Vidalia, LA (5/22/2023) – The Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office (CPSO) reported a Vidalia sex offender was arrested for online solicitation of a minor.
Robert Chase Stroud, 29, of Vidalia, Louisiana, was arrested and charged with indecent behavior with juveniles and failure to notify as a sex offender on a social network site.
On May 19, 2023, the CPSO Cyber Crime Unit began investigating an adult subject communicating with a minor via a social networking site. During the conversation, the subject engaged in lewd and lascivious dialogue and was discovered to be a registered sex offender residing in a Vidalia mobile home park.
On Monday, May 22, 2023, the CPSO C.I.D. unit executed a search warrant at the subject’s residence, at which time he was taken into custody without incident.
Sheriff Hedrick would like to thank Sheriff Steven McCain and the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in the investigation.
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