The Slidell Police Department arrested seven people on counts of computer-aided solicitation of a minor and indecent behavior with juveniles after undercover investigators posed as a 15-year-old girl in online chatrooms and social media sites.
The police said in a news release that some of the individuals who were arrested had engaged in sexually explicit conversations with the undercover officer and arranged to meet the fictional 15-year-old with the intent of committing sexual acts.
In August, state and federal law enforcement agencies formed a task force in St. Tammany and Washington Parishes focused on child sexual exploitation…