~ARREST BRIEFING~ Christopher Guevara

On 6-12-23, Detectives of the Criminal Investigations Division of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office were tasked to determine if a criminal act had been committed where there was an adult male (22-year-old Hispanic male) possibly having inappropriate interaction with a 13-year-old juvenile female. During the investigation, the following information was uncovered.

The 22-year-old male suspect was having inappropriate conversations with the 13-year-old juvenile female. He was convincing the female go to private locations in her home and take inappropriate photographs of herself. He also made inappropriate sexual comments to the juvenile as to specific sex acts, he wanted to perform on her and with her.

The child's mother became aware of this and brought the child and the text interaction to our offices as well as information on the suspect's phone number and his current residence that she looked up herself. With further investigation, Detectives were able to obtain an arrest warrant Christopher Guevara H/M DOB: 08/19/2000 of Texas for Indecent Behavior with Juveniles and Computer-Aided Solicitation of a Minor

He was tracked from Pflugerville Texas, to Pearland, Texas, and subsequently to New Braunfels, Texas where he was placed under arrest by the US Marshals Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force on 12-11-23 and will be arraigned in the 13th JDC in the near future. 

As always, Sheriff Charles R. Guillory and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office is seeking information on criminal activity and urges the public to contact their Investigation Department via phone at 337-363-2161 or through the agency's website at www.evangelineparishsheriff.org.  Any person reporting information will remain anonymous. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.