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A Ruston preacher and Ouachita Parish Schools educator was arrested in a joint LSP and FBI investigation.
Boris Jerome Braggs faces multiple charges, including trafficking of a child for sexual purposes.
The arrest followed an undercover operation where authorities posed as a 15-year-old girl online.
Ouachita Parish Schools confirmed Braggs was a teacher and has been barred from campus.
On September 24, a Ruston preacher and Ouachita Parish Schools educator was arrested in Ouachita Parish as part of an investigation into the sexual trafficking of minors, conducted jointly by the Louisiana State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Boris Jerome Braggs, 43 of Ruston, was charged with 27 counts of attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile, one count of traf