Updated: 1:26 PM EST February 27, 2021
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. A St. Tammany Parish man was booked on three new charges of soliciting a minor Thursday after investigators learned he was using Snapchat to prey on teenage girls after his initial arrest on multiple felonies related to child sexual abuse.
Police now say that while out on bond ahead of his trial, 28-year-old Joseph William Haidler of Mandeville continued to solicit minors, asking 13 to 15-year-old teen girls for sexually explicit pictures.
He was rebooked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail on three new charges of computer-aided solicitation of a minor.
Search warrants for his social media accounts found the names of over 1,000 potential victims whom he reached out to on Snapchat using a variety of aliases, police say.
Mandeville man used Snapchat to solicit child porn while awaiting trial for other child sex crimes, police say 10tv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 10tv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.