An Army Reserve colonel was charged with child sex crimes across Louisiana, Texas, and Florida, which allegedly began in 2016.
On Thursday, Louisiana investigators found evidence of 51-year-old David Harris, which will expose him to charges in every state.
In Louisiana, Harris was charged with a crime of serious harm to nature and indecent behavior against a juvenile in the Diocese of Ascension, Louisiana. In August, a grand jury tried his case and issued an indictment that mentioned two victims under the age of 17 and suspected crimes that occurred in 2016.
According to KETK, Texas authorities accused Harris of exposing himself to two young girls multiple times. Allegedly, Harris also had an affair with the mother of one of the girls.
On August 27, Florida authorities issued an arrest warrant for an allegation of indecent exposure that occurred during Harris’ holiday in 2019. According to the report, investigators found “evidence of Harris’ criminal behavior, involving adult and juvenile victims, and the incident occurred as early as 2016.”
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Louisiana Patrol Issues Statement Army Times Regarding Harris’ suspected crime.
The statement read: “Harris was arrested in the Diocese of Ascension and was arrested for serious crimes against nature and indecent acts against children under 13 years of age.”
“After being released from the Ascension Diocese Prison, Harris will receive a pending arrest warrant from the Orleans Diocese for sexual assault and attempted level 3 rape, as well as the Diocese of East Baton Rouge for serious crimes against nature, indecent behavior towards teenagers, obscenity and intimidation of witnesses. warrant. “
In February 2021, the father of one of Harris’ alleged victims received a complaint. Ministry of JusticeAccording to KETK, the Office of the Inspector General. After his father caught his wife, he discovered that Harris was involved in a crime. He said that his wife had an affair with Harris.
Another KETK complaint came from a mother who believed that Harris had exposed herself to her daughter in her home in Texas and Harris in Louisiana.
Among the crimes he was accused of, Harris served as an infantry officer with the qualifications of a foreign area officer of the 76th Operation Response Headquarters.He also serves as a supervisory agent FBI.
Harris recently worked for the FBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children Working Group.
Harris’ next court appearance date is October 19. He is currently being held without bail. Harris also pleaded not guilty to all pending charges against him.
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