On November 20, 2013 Judge Clayton Davis sentenced David Bird Tarver to 25 years in prison without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Tarver entered an Alford Plea to one count of Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile on August 27, 2013. The maximum 25 year sentence will be served at hard labor.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Shunette Thomas-Jordan for the Severe Child Abuse Division of the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office.