LAFAYETTE, La. (Heartland News) – A La Center, Kentucky man faces federal child sexual exploitation charges in Louisiana after investigators in New Zealand reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Federal Prosecutors with the Western District of Louisiana say the FBI and the New Zealand Police division of Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand investigated this case.
According to court documents, Christopher Peck, 56, of La Center, Kentucky, contacted a foreign suspect using an encrypted online conversation tool in April, saying he was actively abusing a 10-year-old victim in a hotel room in Louisiana. Investigators say Peck then sent several pictures of the minor being sexually abused…