Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents arrested a Chauvin man on Child Sexual Abuse Material and Sexual Abuse of an Animal Charges.

Special Agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation received multiple Cybertips from NCMEC indicating 32-year-old Joel Lyons Jr., of Northland Drive in Chauvin, distributed child sexual abuse material via social media applications.

Special Agents ultimately obtained an arrest warrant for Lyons, and on April 28, 2026, Lyons was located in Galliano, Louisiana, placed under arrest, and booked into the South Lafourche Substation before being transferred and booked into the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex.

He is being charged with:

• 20 Counts RS 14:81.1E(5)(a) Child Sexual Abuse Material under the age of 13 (Distribution) 
• 14 Counts RS 14:89.3 Sexual Abuse of an Animal

This arrest was the result of a joint investigation with Homeland Security Investigations, Port Fourchon Harbor Police, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office.

His bond has been set at $225,000.00.

The investigation is ongoing.

*All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.