LAFAYETTE, La. (
KLFY) — A Houma man who works in Lafayette was arrested Thursday and charged with child sex crimes, authorities said.
Richard Charles Tujague, 56, of Houma, is charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer aided solicitation of a minor.
Tujague was arrested as part of an undercover chat operation by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, where he was unwittingly chatting with an undercover agent online, officials said.
Tujague lives in Houma but was working in Lafayette at the time of this arrest, officials said.
Tujague was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center as a fugitive from St. Tammany Parish. He will be transported back to St. Tammany Parish at a later date for booking.
His bond information is unknown at this time. The investigation is ongoing.
This arrest was a result of a joint investigation with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Cyber Crime Unit, Homeland Security Investigations, the Covington Police Department and the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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