school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online

ouachiski · 05-17-2007, 12:23 AM

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Ouachita Parish School Board member Phillip Odom is out of jail following his arrest Tuesday on charges he had sexually explicit online conversations with a law enforcement officer he believed was an underage girl.Odom, 49, posted a $20,184 bond and was released from the Caddo Correctional Center in Shreveport shortly before midnight.
He was arrested at his Monroe home by the Northwest Louisiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force as part of a sting operation that had already netted 15 people in the Shreveport area.

Odom is accused of indecent behavior with a juvenile for chatting with Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Det. Robert Greer, who posed as a 15-year-old.

Among the topics of their conversations were the purported victim’s sexual history, lesbian relationships and masturbation.

Odom, the District G board member, represents parts of eastern Ouachita Parish.

This man was my basketball coach when I was a kid and I graduated from high school with his son.

GraceAbounds · 05-17-2007, 01:11 AM

Sick and sad.

Do you still keep in touch with his son?

ouachiski · 05-17-2007, 01:18 AM

I still talk to him when I see him. He is a coach at the HS I graduated from now. So when I go back to watch a football game I usually talk to him.

GraceAbounds · 05-17-2007, 01:37 AM

I imagine he will need support from his friends at a time like this. He is probably feeling embarrassed over what his father has done. People are probably looking at him and imagining that he may do the same thing. Like father, like son. That is how the world thinks.

BreakfastSurreal · 05-17-2007, 01:48 AM

yuck! I was born near there...
and yeah, my FAVORITE teacher/coach in HS was arrested a few years after I graduated for molesting his 5 year old neice...its really WEIRD to find out people you actually liked/respected have done such disgusting things...gives me a really icky feeling.

memento_mori · 05-17-2007, 08:05 AM

sorry to hear about that.

SilentEyz · 05-17-2007, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ouachiski

This man was my basketball coach when I was a kid and I graduated from high school with his son.

Whoa.. Thats Wierd, We just had the Athletics Director, Coach, of one of our Local High Schools Just get released from his position for the same reason..

I cought the bulliton on this and was like WTH..

NicAuf · 05-17-2007, 11:10 PM

Let's beat the shit out of him

EmperorKupcake · 05-17-2007, 11:42 PM

Man, thats a level of sick and twisted that I can't even comprehend. I mean, you've know this guy for a while, and then all of a sudden you find out he's an alleged pedophile. Thats unfortunate.

moonshot · 05-18-2007, 04:26 AM

I'm as cynical and jaded as one can be on this topic. There's no one I would be shocked about doing this...except maybe my immediate family. I worked with molested children so I can't be shocked.

The average sexual abuser has about 100 victims in his/her life time.

GraceAbounds · 05-18-2007, 11:33 AM

What is there profile Moonshot or is it impossible to know. I know that they will not ALL fit a profile, but is there some general definition. I have 3 kids and am always wondering about this.

BreakfastSurreal · 05-18-2007, 01:02 PM

Grace, watch out for what they call "trekkies" especially the ones who are 30 and still living in their parent's basement...

BreakfastSurreal · 05-18-2007, 01:03 PM

guys like this

moonshot · 05-18-2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GraceAbounds

What is there profile Moonshot or is it impossible to know. I know that they will not ALL fit a profile, but is there some general definition. I have 3 kids and am always wondering about this.

There isn't a real profile for sex offenders. They can be male or female, come from any racial background, any social background and any economic background. They range in age from 10-90. This site pretty much demonstrates that: Perverted-Justice.com - The largest and best anti-predator organization online (great site and personal friends of mine)

10 Frequently Asked Questions About Child Sexual Abuse

GraceAbounds · 05-18-2007, 02:38 PM

That is what I have read and pretty much what I figure. I just couldn't help but be curious if you knew anything different since you worked up close and personal in this field.

I appreciate your response. The links you provided are excellent. I am printing them out. Really great information for families to read together and discuss.

05-17-2007, 01:11 AM	#2
GraceAbounds V.I.P User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,325 Tokenz: 2,024	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online Sick and sad. Do you still keep in touch with his son?

05-17-2007, 01:18 AM	#3
ouachiski Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: north Louisiana Posts: 1,862 Tokenz: 489	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online I still talk to him when I see him. He is a coach at the HS I graduated from now. So when I go back to watch a football game I usually talk to him. __________________ With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. - Steven Weinberg

05-17-2007, 01:37 AM	#4
GraceAbounds V.I.P User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,325 Tokenz: 2,024	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online I imagine he will need support from his friends at a time like this. He is probably feeling embarrassed over what his father has done. People are probably looking at him and imagining that he may do the same thing. Like father, like son. That is how the world thinks.

05-17-2007, 01:48 AM	#5
BreakfastSurreal Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: TEXAS YALL!!! Posts: 8,852 Tokenz: 16,775	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online yuck! I was born near there... and yeah, my FAVORITE teacher/coach in HS was arrested a few years after I graduated for molesting his 5 year old neice...its really WEIRD to find out people you actually liked/respected have done such disgusting things...gives me a really icky feeling. __________________

05-17-2007, 08:05 AM	#6
memento_mori Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,662 Tokenz: 1,777	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online sorry to hear about that. __________________ Genius and Insanity are only separated by varying degrees of success.

05-17-2007, 11:10 PM	#8
NicAuf Mr. Kovacs Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hamel,Illinois Posts: 3,632 Tokenz: 92,086	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online Let's beat the shit out of him __________________ The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "save us!"...and i'll look down, and whisper "no."

05-17-2007, 11:42 PM	#9
EmperorKupcake Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 365 Tokenz: 266	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online Man, thats a level of sick and twisted that I can't even comprehend. I mean, you've know this guy for a while, and then all of a sudden you find out he's an alleged pedophile. Thats unfortunate.

05-18-2007, 04:26 AM	#10
moonshot Member In the Making Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 148 Tokenz: 410	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online I'm as cynical and jaded as one can be on this topic. There's no one I would be shocked about doing this...except maybe my immediate family. I worked with molested children so I can't be shocked. The average sexual abuser has about 100 victims in his/her life time.

05-18-2007, 11:33 AM	#11
GraceAbounds V.I.P User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,325 Tokenz: 2,024	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online What is there profile Moonshot or is it impossible to know. I know that they will not ALL fit a profile, but is there some general definition. I have 3 kids and am always wondering about this.

05-18-2007, 01:02 PM	#12
BreakfastSurreal Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: TEXAS YALL!!! Posts: 8,852 Tokenz: 16,775	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online Grace, watch out for what they call "trekkies" especially the ones who are 30 and still living in their parent's basement... __________________

05-18-2007, 01:03 PM	#13
BreakfastSurreal Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: TEXAS YALL!!! Posts: 8,852 Tokenz: 16,775	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online guys like this __________________

05-18-2007, 02:38 PM	#15
GraceAbounds V.I.P User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7,325 Tokenz: 2,024	Re: school board member arested for soliciting a 15 year old online That is what I have read and pretty much what I figure. I just couldn't help but be curious if you knew anything different since you worked up close and personal in this field. I appreciate your response. The links you provided are excellent. I am printing them out. Really great information for families to read together and discuss. __________________ "The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948

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