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622 2026-08-28 Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office Arrested a New Orleans Man on 10 Counts of Child Sexual Abuse Material

58-year-old Thomas John-Hanna Saquet, of Freret Street inNew Orleans, was arrested August 27, 2026, in Jefferson Parish on the followingcharges:

  • 3 counts of LA R.S. 14:81.1 E(5)(a) — Child Sexual Abuse Material Under the Age of 13 Years Old
  • 7 counts of LA R.S. 14:81.1 — Child Sexual Abuse Material 

Agents with the AG’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation beganinvestigating a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and ExploitedChildren in April 2026 regarding the distribution of child sexual abusematerial through the online messaging platform Kik.

Through the investigation, agents identified Saquet as thesubscriber of the account that was used to send images and videos of childsexual abuse material to other users on the platform. Agents identified 10images and videos containing child sexual abuse material, three of whichinvolved children under the age of 13.

On August 27, 2026, Saquet was apprehended in JeffersonParish and booked as a fugitive into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center.He will ultimately be transferred to the Orleans Parish Correctional Center.

This arrest was the result of an investigation by theLouisiana Bureau of Investigation, the Orleans Metro ICAC Task Force, theJefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office,Homeland Security Investigations, the New Orleans Police Department, the U.S.Marshals Fugitive Task Force, and the Kenner Police Department.

The investigation remains ongoing.

*All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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