A Louisiana judge has imposed three life sentences on a former police officer convicted of raping children — and then added chemical castration to the punishment.
Kedreyon K. Williams, 31, previously served as a New Roads police officer and volunteer firefighter.
A 12-member jury found him guilty of three counts of first-degree rape, indecent behavior with a juvenile, and possession of pornography involving juveniles.
TMZ drew national attention to the extraordinary sentence Saturday morning:
But the official record is even more severe than that headline suggests.
The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office says Williams received three life terms after jurors took only 39 minutes to return guilty verdicts. Prosecutors said the victims were children between 8 and 11 years old.
According to the district attorney, some of the abuse occurred inside New Roads fire stations where Williams volunteered. Other offenses took place at his home and at a business where he worked.
Investigators also found a video on Williams’ phone showing a child being sexually abused, prosecutors said. The case began after one victim told his mother what had happened, and her report to police led investigators to identify additional victims.
Local outlet WBRZ reported the sentence as three life terms plus castration:
District Judge Kevin Kimball called it the worst child-sexual-abuse case he had seen.
District Attorney Tony Clayton had specifically asked the court to add castration to the mandatory life sentences. He called Williams a child predator and said the additional punishment was warranted by the nature of the crimes.
Clayton put the prosecution’s position in blunt terms: “If a man takes sexual advantage of a child, then we will take his manhood!”
Local station KPEL reports that the district attorney’s office clarified Williams will undergo chemical rather than surgical castration. That clarification resolves the conflicting terminology that appeared in early coverage of the sentence.
Louisiana has authorized chemical castration in qualifying sex-crime cases since 2008. The state’s chemical-castration statute allows a court to order treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate, commonly called MPA, in addition to the underlying criminal sentence.
The statute requires a court-appointed medical expert to determine whether an offender is an appropriate candidate before treatment begins. It also makes clear that MPA treatment cannot replace or reduce any other punishment imposed by the court.
For an offender who will eventually be released, treatment is scheduled to begin before release and continue under the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Williams, however, received three life sentences, so the castration order is an additional penalty layered on top of permanent imprisonment.
The chemical order should not be confused with Louisiana’s separate surgical-castration law. That newer statute has its own eligibility rules, applies to certain qualifying offenses committed on or after August 1, 2024, and also requires a medical determination before surgery.
Nothing can undo what these children endured. But this sentence ensures Williams will never again occupy a position of trust in a police department, a fire station, or anywhere else near vulnerable children.
Three life terms. Chemical castration. And a message from Louisiana that the people who prey on children will face consequences built to last.
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[ H/T WLT Report ]
