Northshore judges have sent a Bogalusa woman to prison for her part in the St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish case of sexual abuse of children, the elderly and a dog.
"District Attorney Collin Sims reports that 51-year-old Angela Dawn Holloway Austin of Bogalusa was recently sentenced to twenty-five (25) years in prison without parole after she pled guilty to a variety of sex related charges," Assistant District Attorney Bruce Dearing said in a news release.
Deputies arrested Austin after evidence in another case led them to her.
"The Bogalusa Police Department received a complaint from a woman that Brandon Applewhite was threatening to disseminate nude images of her. During the course of investigating that complaint, detectives with Bogalusa PD seized Applewhite’s cellular phone."
Dearing says that on that phone, investigators found pictures of the genitals of little boys, an elderly woman and a dog.
"Among the images were several which focused on the genitals of three nude boys who all appeared to be under the age of six."
Prosecutors say Austin took the pictures.
"In a text message exchange connected to the illicit photographs, Austin mentioned to Applewhite she was at her Bogalusa residence babysitting three young boys. In reply, Applewhite encouraged Austin to take pornographic photographs of the boys and send them to him and she complied."
The D.A.'s office says Austin also sent videos. One of them showed her engaging is sex acts with her pet.
"In the videos, Austin can be seen touching a dog in a sexual manner and enticing the dog to do the same to her."
Then they found pictures of a St. Tammany Parish nursing home patient's genitals that Austin took and sent. In the pictures, she was apparently sexually assaulting the elderly woman.
"Authorities also found in Applewhite’s cell phone nude images of an elderly woman being touched inappropriately. Text messages between Applewhite and Austin indicated Austin, who worked at a St. Tammany Parish nursing home, agreed to send Applewhite the illicit photographs of the woman who was a resident at the nursing home."
Judges in Washington Parish and St. Tammany Parish sentenced Austin last month and this month to 25 year sentences. The prison terms will run concurrently.
"Following the completion of her prison sentence, Austin will be required to register as a convicted sex offender for the remainder of her life," according to Dearing.
Applewhite is behind bars serving a 30 year sentence for sexually assaulting an elderly nursing home resident.
