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Mississippi doctor arrested in Louisiana child sex crimes investigation

By Sethanie Smith Sep 9, 2025 | 10:34 AM

ST. TAMMY PARISH, La. (WJTV) – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced a Mississippi man was arrested for indecent behavior with juveniles.

According to Murrill, Brandon Joseph Bunol, 32, of Bay St. Louis, was arrested on September 5 for indecent behavior with juveniles and computer aided solicitation of a minor.

Investigators said Bunol engaged in inappropriate online communications with a juvenile from St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.

This arrest was a result of a joint investigation with The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Hancock County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi and the 22nd JDC Special Victims Unit Task Force. 

Brandon Joseph Bunol (Courtesy: Louisiana Attorney General’s Office)

“No matter where you are, if you inappropriately communicate with our kids, we will hunt you down and bring you to justice. Great work by our Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Agents, District Attorney Collin Sims and his newly formed 22nd JDC Special Victims Unit Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office,” said Murrill.

WXXV reported Bunol joined the Memorial Health System’s Coast Cardiovascular Associates Clinic on Broad Avenue in Gulfport in late July as a cardiologist.

Bunol was booked into the St. Tammany Correctional Facility.