INDICTMENT IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA,ON CHARGE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging LANCE EARL WILLCUTT, age 33, of Zachary, Louisiana, with sexual exploitation of a minor.

The indictment alleges that WILLCUTT produced a visual depiction of a person under the age of eighteen engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

If convicted, WILLCUTT faces a penalty of not less than fifteen years and not more than thirty years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.

This case was investigated by the Zachary Police Department, and Louisiana Cybercrimes Task Force members from the Louisiana State University Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rich Bourgeois.

NOTE: An indictment is a determination by a grand jury that there is probable cause to believe that offenses have been committed by the defendant. The defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until and unless he is proven guilty at trial.