BATON ROUGE — A man arrested amid an investigation into a missing 15-year-old boy has now bonded out after he was arrested for indecent behavior with a 16-year-old girl over several months. Maurice Robbia Parms, 50, posted a $7,500 bond on Saturday.

Multiple sources confirm to UWK that it was the investigation into what happened to 15-year-old Ja’Derrius Minnieweather that led them to evidence of the alleged crime. Sources added he is considered a “person of interest” in the 15-year-old’s disappearance.

Family, police and members of the United Cajun Navy have spent days looking for Minnieweather, who was last seen June 5 in what searchers have called the “Ghost Town” area of Baton Rouge. Family members have reported that Minnieweather was last seen on Bradley Street.

Maurice Robbia Parms, 50, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation of a minor.

That warrant said police were investigating a missing person’s case when they came into contact with the 16-year-old girl that Parms is accused of abusing. Detectives got a search warrant for her cell phone, and say they found payments Parms had allegedly made to the girl through Cash App, Parms’ arrest warrant said. The girl told investigators he also took her shopping, the warrant said.

Investigators discovered that Parms and the girl were communicating via a messaging app over several months. He told her that he loved her and said “he can’t wait until people can see what they have,” according to the arrest warrant.

When police spoke to Parms on Saturday, June 6 about the missing person, they also asked questions about the 16-year-old girl. He told them he knows her from their neighborhood and gives her rides sometimes. He denied any relationship beyond that, the warrant said.

Parms was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Wednesday afternoon after his arrest.

SOURCE: https://unfilteredwithkiran.com/mans-alleged-abuse-of-teen-girl-discovered-as-police-investigate-missing-teen/