A former teacher's assistant at an Uptown New Orleans school was found guilty of uploading child pornography following a three-day trial in Jefferson Parish, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office.

Jurors voted Wednesday to convict Dawn Barriere, 24, with one count of possession of pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13, court records said.

At the time of her arrest in October 2023, Barriere was working for the Cottage program at St. Andrew's Episcopal School. The program provides care and schooling for children between the ages of 1 and 3, according to the District Attorney's Office.

The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation's Cyber Crime Unit opened the case two months earlier after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chi

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