The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office spotted a man wanted on felony arrest warrants for pornography involving juveniles and crime against nature shortly after noon on July 14.
Brandon Brent Branigan, 25, of Lecompte, was spotted driving his black Dodge Charger north on Vienna Street near downtown Ruston at about 12:30 p.m. The vehicle was stopped, and Branigan was identified as the driver and placed under arrest on warrants from Third Judicial District Court.
A search of the vehicle located suspected marijuana and paraphernalia. Branigan claimed possession of the items. He was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and the warrants charging him with 41 counts of pornography involving juveniles and 13 counts of crime against nature.
The case is the result of a collaborative investigation with the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office-Cyber Crime Unit.
Branigan’s bail was set at $875,000.
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