WEST MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The West Monroe Police Department arrested a man who is accused of sex crimes involving a child. The suspect is also wanted by Lafourche Parish authorities for failure to register as a sex offender.

WMPD arrested Louis Mejia on Dec. 1. Mejia is accused of computer-aided solicitation of a minor and unlawful presence of a sex offender.

WMPD said Mejia’s criminal record includes a prior conviction of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

Court records show WMPD was called by the victim’s mother, who said she believed her daughter and Mejia were in an “inappropriate sexual relationship.”

Mejia, a convicted sex offender, is also accused of living within 1,000 feet of West Monroe High School and the West Monroe Recreational Center, which both hold multiple programs

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