ACADIA PARISH, La. – Louisiana State Police Sunday caught a wanted sex offender with a woman and her four children in a convenience store parking lot.
Joseph Moreno, 37, was wanted out of Dos Palos, California by U.S. Marshals Service on charges of sexually assaulting a child.
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State police in Louisiana spotted Moreno at a convenience store off Exit 76 near I-10 in Acadia Parish Sunday afternoon.
Troopers arrested Morena and found Penny Rascon, 37, and her four children in a vehicle in the far corner of a parking lot.
Troopers said the kids appeared to be hungry and had not bathed in several days.
The children, ages 4, 6, 7 and 8 years old were fed and cared for before they were released to family services.
Moreno was booked on an active warrant from California for three counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14. Rascon was booked for child abduction.
Both are awaiting extradition to California.