Pedicini to serve life in prison for sex crimes

A Shreveport man convicted February 11, 2026, of rape and other sex crimes was sentenced in Caddo District Court Wednesday, February 25, 2026.

District Judge John D. Mosely Jr. sentenced Dustin Gene Pedicini, 38, to life in prison without parole, probation or suspension of sentence for first-degree rape of a female family member. He also was sentenced to 25 years without parole, probation or suspension of sentence for indecent behavior with a juvenile, 10 Years at hard labor for pornography involving a juvenile and 20 years at hard labor for molestation of a juvenile. All the sentences are to be served consecutively. 

The evening of October 30, 2024, Caddo deputies responded to a report of a sexual assault in the Southern Hills neighborhood. The complainant had found pictures and movies of child pornography involving her juvenile daughter on a male relative's phone. The victim was taken for a forensic interview at the Gingerbread house and provided a detailed statement. Pedicini, the defendant, was questioned and admitted he was the man in the pictures and videos, but claimed not to remember anything about them. His phone was seized and analyzed forensically and was determined to contain numerous images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Pedicini was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Ross Owen and Treneisha Hill. The Caddo Parish Public Defender's office represented Pedicini. 

The case was docket No. 404948.

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