A Jefferson Parish judge has sentenced Willie Ray Moses to 30 years in prison, after the former Kenner middle school teacher pleaded guilty to charges including molesting a juvenile.
Moses, 42, of Metairie, pleaded guilty as charged on Monday (March 28) to sexual battery, oral sexual battery, computer solicitation of a juvenile and three counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles.
The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into Moses in March 2019, after agents received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about child pornography on the internet. The investigation led to Moses’ arrest in July 2019. At the time, he was an English teacher at Tom Benson Middle School.
In June 2020, the mother of a 15-year-old contacted the LBI about inappropriate text messages between Moses and her child several years earlier. Moses solicited pornographic images from and engaged in sexual contact with the juvenile.
Judge Scott Schlegel of the 24th Judicial District Court sentenced Moses to 30 years in prison for two counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles, 10 years for computer solicitation of a juvenile, 20 years for the third count of possession of pornography involving juveniles, 10 years for sexual battery and 10 years for oral sexual battery.
The sexual battery and oral sexual battery sentences will run consecutive to each other and concurrently to the other sentences.
Judge Schlegel ran the sentences concurrently, for a total of 30 years, to be served without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Further, the sexual battery charge is designated as a crime of violence.
Following his release from prison, Moses will register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, Judge Schlegel ordered.
Assistant District Attorney Alyssa Aleman prosecuted the case.