‘Premeditated and Evil’: Two Louisiana Teens Charged In Scheme to Frame High School Teacher for Allegedly Sending Inappropriate Photos, Messages In Online Chat

Two teenage girls face felony charges after Louisiana authorities say they orchestrated a scheme to frame their high school teacher and accused him of sending them inappropriate messages online. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office and Lafourche Parish Schools announced that a 15-year-old and 16-year-old were charged with one count each of felony false swearing for the purpose of violating public health or safety, cyberstalking, and online impersonation. Louisiana teen girls charged for allegedly trying to frame a high school teacher. (Credit: Screenshot WDSU) Detectives opened an investigation on Dec. 18, 2024, after a concerned party filed a report that a male teacher employed at Central Lafourche High School was sending inappropriate messages to a 16-year-old female student. Authorities learned the teen and her 15-year-old friend were engaged in multiple conversations that took place on an online instant messaging platform where the teacher allegedly sent the improper, predatorial messages. The investigation took two weeks to complete. During that time, detectives interviewed all the parties involved and obtained search warrants to look through phone records and accounts on the messaging platform. That evidence revealed that the teenage girls fabricated the messages, created fake accounts, and shared screenshots with their friends in an...