HAMMOND, La.
Over the past few weeks Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s deputies have been working with other law enforcement agencies to arrest 33 convicted sex offenders that have not fulfilled their responsibilities.
“Convicted sex offenders have certain obligations that they must perform which are imposed on them by the courts,” said Sheriff Daniel Edwards. “For example, they must keep the sheriff’s office informed as to their current residence, employment, and other information.”
Edwards said the convicted sex offenders they have recently targeted have in some way not met their obligations, resulting in criminal violation.
One of the recently arrested convicted sex offenders was David L. Beauchamp. In 1998, Beauchamp was convicted for carnal knowledge of a juvenile and was registered as a sex offender.
According to Dawn Panepinto, a spokeswoman for the TPSO, Beauchamp failed to comply with his obligations as a sex offender and was arrested on June 9. After his June 9 arrest, Beauchamp made bond, completed his sex offender registration responsibilities and was released, Panepinto said.
On June 26, Beauchamp was arrested and charged with kidnapping, after he removed a small child from the custody of an ex-wife and refused to return the child to its mother, Panepinto said. Since Beauchamp is only a step father to the child, he has no legal custody rights to the child.
Sheriff Edwards said this case demonstrates how dangerous sex offenders can be and how “we must not let our guard down with regard to convicted sex offenders.”
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