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AG Liz Murrill's Office Arrests Slidell Woman and Mississippi Man on Charges of Sex Crimes Against Children, Including First-Degree Rape

47-year-old Lacy Marie Amedio, of Northam Drive in Slidell, was arrested on 10/23/2026 for the following charges:


  • 14:81.1 (Possession) of Child Sexual Abuse Material under the Age of Thirteen (Felony); 3 counts

  • 14:81.1-- (Production of) Child Sexual Abuse Material under the Age of Thirteen-- (Felony); 6 counts

  • 14:81--Indecent Behavior with Juveniles-- (Felony); 6 counts

  • 14:42-- First Degree Rape (under the Age of Thirteen)-- (Felony); 2 counts

  • 14:43.1-- Sexual Battery (under the Age of Thirteen)-- (Felony); 4 counts 


A NCMEC Cybertip submitted by a private citizen reported that an adult female produced and distributed images/videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) involving a toddler in St. Tammany Parish.

 

Agents identified the reported female (Amedio) as well as the child(ren) involved. Further investigation determined that Amedio committed sex acts upon at least (1) child as well as produced CSAM involving this child and at least one (1) other. Amedio then electronically distributed the CSAM content to another party, identified as Corey Dewayne Monk.


36-year-old Corey Dewayne Monk, of Walnut Grove, Mississippi, was arrested on 10/26/2026 for the following charges:


  • LA R.S. 14:24-- Principals (to 14:81.1 Child Sexual Abuse Material under the Age of Thirteen-(1) count

  • LA R.S. 14:24-- Principals (to 14:42 First Degree Rape-under the Age of Thirteen-(1) count 


A NCMEC Cybertip submitted by a private citizen reported that an adult female produced images/videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) involving a toddler in St. Tammany Parish and that those images were distributed to an adult male in Mississippi.

 

Agents identified the reported female and the reported male (Monk), as well as the child(ren) involved. Further investigation determined Monk requested the adult female to commit sex acts upon at least (1) child as well as produce CSAM involving that child and at least one (1) other. The adult female then distributed the CSAM content electronically to Monk.

 

Pursuant to a Louisiana arrest warrant, Mississippi law enforcement took Monk into custody at his residence. 


This arrest was the result of a joint investigation involving the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Slidell Police Department, Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, and Scott County (MS) Sheriff’s Office 


Amedio was issued a bond of $2,000,000, while Monk’s bond information is currently unknown. The investigation remains ongoing.



*All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


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