The Union Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested an 80-year-old Texas man for engaging in sexual activity with a child in Union Parish.
Law authorities in Texas contacted UPSO in October 2024 about a sex offenses investigation. UPSO stated in a social media post, “During the course of their [Texas authorities] interviews, it was discovered that the victim, a thirteen-year-old girl, was sexually abused in Bernice, LA, in 2020. The claimed abuse occurred multiple times in a week.
Following the receipt of this information, investigators from the UPSO Criminal Investigation Division initiated a local investigation.
UPSO officials traveled to Dallas on December 3 to bring Charles Stewart to Union Parish.
Stewart faced the following charges:
- Aggravated crimes against nature
- Felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile
- Oral sexual battery – Four counts
- Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile – Five counts
- Sexual Battery – Two counts
- Second-degree rape – Two counts
- Contributing to the delinquency of juveniles
The court set Stewart’s bond at $1,085,000.