DA Collin Sims reports that on August 2 a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated approximately two hours before returning guilty verdicts against 68 YO Sander Dedeaux of Picayune, Mississippi, for First degree rape and Sexual assault of a child.
Assistant District Attorneys Zachary Popovich and Le’Anne Malnar prosecuted the case.
Judge Alan Black presided over the four-day trial.
Detective Thomas McNulty with the Slidell Police Department was in charge of the investigation.
Sentencing of Dedeaux is scheduled for September 12th. First degree rape carries a mandatory life sentence and Sexual battery of a child carries a sentence of 25 to 99 years in prison. Dedeaux has a previous drug trafficking conviction out of Mississippi.
