LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- a 37-year-old Kaplan man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison

Jessie Comeaux, who had a prior 2002 state conviction of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, was sentenced in federal court Friday for a child pornography offense. He was one of 63 suspects in Louisiana arrested through a multi-agency investigation called “Operation Broken Heart” in 2019.

Comeaux was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography. He entered a guilty plea on March 12, 2020.

Jessie Comeaux (VPSO)

Following his time in prison, Comeaux will be supervised by the United States Probation Office for eight years and will be required to register with the state sex offender registry in any state in which he lives or works.

Through an investigation involving several agencies, several images of child pornography were found on Comeaux’s laptop.

About Project Safe Childhood:

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood combines federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justivce.gov/psc. For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the “resources” tab.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) also encourage the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at (866) 347-2423. Investigators are available at all hours to answer hotline calls. Tips or other information can also be submitted to ICE online by visiting their website at www.ice.gov/tipline or through the Operation Predator smartphone application www.ice.gov/predator/smartphone-app. Tips may be submitted anonymously.

Tips may also be submitted through your local law enforcement agency or through the following agencies: