BATON ROUGE - The WBRZ Investigative Unit learned law enforcement is keeping a close eye on Dr. Antonio Belda, who was arrested this week on child pornography and video voyeurism charges.

Sources said the feds are also involved in the case, but would not elaborate on what role they were playing.

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Belda was seen on his front porch Friday afternoon for the first time since his arrest Wednesday, when law enforcement converged on his house executing search warrants and discovering hundreds of files of child porn. It all came to light when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a complaint.

It became a priority case with Belda's unfettered access to children.

Bond paperwork shows Belda posted a $130,000 bond shortly after his arrest. He was released with an ankle monitor, had to turn over his passport and was told to stay away from kids.

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies along with the Louisiana Attorney General's Office led the investigation and found hundreds of sexually explicit images and videos of girls under the age of 12. Arrest records show Belda then logged them into his computer at his house.

Our Lady of the Lake issued the following statement following Belda's arrest:

We are shocked to learn of the disturbing allegations against one of our recently employed physicians. When we became aware of these charges and arrest at his home this morning, the physician was immediately terminated with no further patient or staff contact. Our physician hiring process is extremely rigorous and includes background checks, multiple reference checks and other nationally recognized best practices. We will continue to cooperate fully with our law enforcement partners. As always, the safety and care of our patients and team members is our top priority.

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It involves a seven-year-old girl who alleged she was molested by a registered sex offender and his brother last year. Both men, Rodney Magee and his brother Patch Magee, were arrested for the alleged crime. Their cases are pending.

Despite their arrests, court records show Judge Jeffrey Cashe made the child attend unsupervised visits with the child's mother at the home where the alleged abuse took place. Brett Schliegelmeyer, the child's father, said even the Department of Children and Family Services is perplexed by this case. The child does not share her father's last name. 

"I was asked why was I sending my daughter back in that home where the abuse happened before," Schliegelmeyer said. "I said I was being forced by Judge Jefferey Cashe under a judgment he ordered to go there three weekends per month with unsupervised visitation."

Schliegelmeyer said they were recently granted custody of the child, but the nightmares for her have been relentless.

"She said they were messing with her down there, grabbing her, messing with her and it's just been an ongoing thing," Schliegelmeyer said.

The child's medical records that were provided to the WBRZ Investigative Unit show abuse is suspected by doctors.

"It's heartbreaking that my child would be put back in that situation," Schliegelmeyer said. "It's aggravating and upset me at first. I cried. My child is looking at me as her father to protect her, and I have to tell her she has to go back to that situation where she was harmed and hurt."

Attorney Rodney Erdey is representing Schliegelmeyer. He issued the following statement:

"Over my thirty plus years of legal practice, I have never been engaged in such domestic and custody case of this magnitude and alleged criminal conduct, i.e. where the child living with her mother and her live-in adult man, along with his brother allegedly sexually assault the child at the child's home. It should be noted that the Court initially ordered supervised custodial period for the mother but later grant the mother unsupervised custodial time and allowed the mother to take the child back where the alleged assaults occurred, i.e. home. I am very concerned over this child's health, safety and well-being, as well as how our judicial system will truly protect this child, presently and in the future."

Cashe was embroiled in controversy this summer when the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed Crysta Abelseth's case. She was raped at the age of 16 by a 30-year-old man. Despite the rape occurring and a DNA test being part of the court record, Cashe awarded custody to the rapist and forced Abelseth to pay him child support.

Following the public outcry and exposure, Cashe reversed his decision and revoked custody.

Calls to Judge Cashe's office about this most recent case were not returned.

Weeks ago, an employee was arrested and accused of stealing work release funds. Aimee Rivere was charged with malfeasance in office, forgery and felony theft after nearly $5,000 went missing.

As investigators took a closer look a the situation, it was discovered at least $40,000 is also missing from the sheriff's office. An employee who handled traffic tickets was placed on paid leave Sept. 7 as that investigation began with a request from Sheriff Mike Cazes to the Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack.

"Once the case gets to me, I plan on getting a forensic-economist-auditor-type person to go through everything they have to see if there's other activities," Clayton said. "I want Waguespack and his guys to find out what's going on and any forensic accounting. I can do that as district attorney."

The employee who was placed on leave has worked for the sheriff's office for decades.

"That's a major public trust issue... to steal from taxpayers that pay you to do the work," Clayton said. "There's a fiduciary duty and solemn obligation when the public puts us in these jobs. We must be accountable for their money... period."

Judge Fred Crifasi and Judge Eboni Johnson Rose are not saying anything about what went into their decisions to issue bonds for Derian Bailey and Luke Simmons.

Victims' advocates said the catch-and-release program that Baton Rouge is participating in needs to end.

"Being law enforcement, I witnessed a lot of people where days and nights they tried to put people behind bars and they weren't listened to," retired advocate Carolyn Stapleton said. "It was a revolving door. And they were very unhappy, but they still did their job."

Stapleton is a retired sergeant with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office who made it her life's work to stand up for victims of crimes and the families of those who died.

Stapleton said in other states there are court watchers that will publish names of judges so the public can make informed decisions about what the judges are doing.

"Be proud of your decision," Stapleton said. "Step up and say I'm so and so and this is why I made that decision, and come election day vote for me for making the decision to put a violent offender back out on the street."

In two different cases that came to light this week, violent offenders were cut loose due to bonds that were set by judges.

This week, the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed Derian Bailey was a convicted killer tied to a murder in 2012. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and later rearrested for attempted murder.

Judge Fred Crifasi set his bond this month at $300,000 for the attempted murder charge. It's unclear if Crifasi saw the prior killing conviction on Bailey's record when that bond was set. However, Bailey posted the bond and on Monday of this week, he led police on a chase that ended when he crashed his car, killing a passenger in his car.

During a news conference where city leaders addressed crime this week, Luke Simmons was another name that was mentioned. Simmons has a long rap sheet dating back to the year 2000. He has arrests for first-degree murder, resisting an officer, domestic abuse battery, second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.

Despite a laundry list of charges, Judge Eboni Johnson Rose issued him a $115,000 bond in February on the second-degree murder charge. Weeks ago, an arrest warrant was issued for Simmons' arrest tied to a drive-by shooting that happened while he was out on bond.

"Any decision I make in life or you make in life, I have to say this is why I did it and stand behind it," Stapleton said. "What makes them different? I'm not going to discuss the case, but this is why I did it and I thought the bond should be this low."

Those sentiments were echoed by city leaders who attended a news conference Thursday.

"In many of these instances, far too often we are seeing rearrests of the same individuals who were arrested for other serious crimes," Mayor Sharon Weston Broome said. "This is not finger pointing or placing blame. It's telling the truth and it's the reality of what we are dealing with."

Judge Crifasi's office did not return our calls.

Judge Eboni Johnson Rose's office issued a statement saying her office could not comment on matters pending before the court.