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Alvin Adams sentenced to 30 years for possessing child pornography

A Jefferson Parish judge on Wednesday (May 17) sentenced Alvin Adams to 30 years in prison for his conviction of possessing more than 800 pornographic images and videos of children.

A jury last week deliberated for about 25 minutes in finding Adams, 46, guilty as charged of possessing pornography involving juveniles under age 13.

Special agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigations found the illegal images and videos on Adams’ computer, which they seized in his home in the 3700 block of Bauvais Street in Metairie. The agents opened their investigation in August 2022, after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Adams saved the illegal images and videos in a folder on his computer desktop entitled “porn.” It contained sub-folders in which Adams saved the images by category.

A former Chalmette resident, Adams pleaded guilty in 2004 in St. Bernard Parish to indecent behavior with a juvenile. The Jefferson Parish jury that convicted him last week heard evidence about this prior conviction.

In announcing the 30-year sentence, Judge Frank Brindisi of the 24th Judicial District Court said “the trial and images left me speechless.”

Assistant District Attorneys Taylor Somerville and Piper Didier prosecuted the case.  

Alvin Adams convicted of possessing child pornography in Metairie home

A Jefferson Parish jury deliberated about 25 minutes on Tuesday evening (May 9) in finding Alvin Adams guilty of possessing more than 800 images of child pornography.

Adams, 46, of Metairie, was convicted as charged of one count of pornography involving juveniles under age 13.

The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation opened its investigation in August 2022 after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Special agents were led to Adams’ home in the 3700 block of Bauvais Street.

Although the special agents had a search warrant, Adams refused to allow them inside his home. The special agents, in turn, had to breach a door.

On the desktop of Adams’ computer, the special agents found a folder entitled “porn.” Within that folder were numerous subfolders in which Adams saved explicit images by category. In all, the special agents found more than 800 explicit images and videos.

The jury heard that Adams, a former Chalmette resident, pleaded guilty in 2004 in St. Bernard Parish to indecent behavior with a juvenile, a crime arising from an incident that occurred the year before.

Through his attorney, Adams asserted that the images were manipulated, and that the state did not prove that the computer was his. However, Adams had lived at the residence alone for a lengthy period.

Judge Frank Brindisi of the 24th Judicial District Court is scheduled to sentence Adams on May 17.

Assistant District Attorneys Taylor Somerville and Piper Didier prosecuted the case.

 

Westwego man sentenced to 25 years for possessing child pornography

A Jefferson Parish judge on Thursday (Dec. 1) sentenced Jagon Eldridge to 25 years in prison for his conviction of possessing child pornography.

Eldridge, 49, formerly of Westwego, was convicted as charged by a Jefferson Parish jury on Nov. 9 of eight counts of possessing pornographic images involving children under age 13.

In February 2017, a special agent with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Crime Unit was conducting an undercover investigation of child pornography on the internet and uncovered illegal images that were tracked to Eldridge.

Special agents arrested Eldridge in May 2018. They searched Eldridge’s Avenue G home and obtained images and videos depicting child victims.

At trial last month, Eldridge asserted a number of defenses, including that the state could not prove that the images belonged to him. The jury, which also heard evidence of Eldridge possessing illegal images in 2010, deliberated about 45 minutes in returning with its unanimous guilty verdicts.

During the sentencing hearing on Thursday, Eldridge pleaded for mercy in a lengthy statement to the court. He asked that he be sentenced to the mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison. Possessing child pornography carries a sentencing range of 10 to 40 years in prison.

Noting that the child victims were likely asking for mercy when they were being abused, Judge Stephen Enright of the 24th Judicial District Court sentenced Eldridge to 25 years in prison on each of the eight counts. Judge Enright ran the sentences concurrently.

Eldridge also will have to register as a sex offender for 25 years after his release from prison.

Assistant District Attorney’s Piper Didier and Seth Shute prosecuted the case.