SHREVEPORT, La. – Former KTBS News Director Bill Lunn will not be arrested or prosecuted following an investigation by Shreveport police, who said there is no evidence of improper communication between him and a juvenile. Instead, a forensic investigation of Lunn’s phone indicates text messages sent to him had been altered.
Lunn thought he was communicating with an adult female; however, the texts came from a man pretending to be an underage female, Shreveport police PIO Cpl. Chris Bordelon said. “Mr.
Lunn did not do anything that was criminal in nature and his intentions were not to do anything criminal. ..
. Our detectives determined it was completely believable that Mr. Lunn did believe he was talking to a possible 19-year-old adult female,” Bordelon said.
Caddo Parish District Attorney James Stewart said SPD sent those text messages to him to review, along with a statement saying Lunn was not being arrested. Stewart told KTBS no charges are pending against Lunn now or in the near future. As for the text messages, those have been retained for possible use in a separate but similar case.
Two of the three men involved in texting Lunn are awaiting prosecution for allegedly doing the same with another man. Stewart will determine if Lunn’s texts are relevant to their case. Attorney Dhu Thompson released the following statement on Lunn's behalf: “I am relieved that the actual investigation brought out the truth of our position, which is that Mr.
Lunn did not commit AN.