Sexual Misconduct

The firefighter brother of Anderson Mayor Kris Ockomon has been jailed on two cases involving six counts of alleged child molest, sexual misconduct and criminal deviate conduct. Martin Ockomon, 45, is being held on two $20,000 bonds. The allegations...

All charges against an Anderson firefighter have been dropped. Martin Ockomon was originally charged with six counts of child molestation, sexual misconduct and criminal deviate conduct back in November.   The investigation went back two decades. The...

A Shelbyville man was arrested on drug and child molest charges last Saturday after he was pulled over for an expired license plate. Jeremy Haus, 18, was preliminarily charged with child exploitation, two counts of child molesting, possession of child...

No surprise: Fruitland Park officials are being threatened with a lawsuit from an employee who says she was sexually harassed by City Manager Ralph Bowers. The demand to avoid a suit: $100,000 within 30 days. Bowers, meanwhile, remains suspended...

A Fishers man was arrested Thursday for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a minor he met on the internet.  Adam Carlisle, 30, was charged with four counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and two counts of child solicitation.  The Fishers...

A former Jennings County Sheriff's corrections officer has been arrested on felony charges of sexual misconduct with two inmates. Theron Jones, 30, of North Vernon, Ind, admitted he had sex with two inmates while on duty at the Jennings County Jail....

State Senator Jim Merritt is working to change Indiana’s early release law. This comes after Fox59 first reported former Lawrence Township swim coach, Chris Wheat, who was convicted of sexual misconduct, will get out of prison after just a year and...

The alleged child sex abuse victims of Hall of Fame baseball writer Bill Conlin weren't the only ones who came forward in the wake of the Penn State scandal. The day one of my columns on this subject appeared, I got a phone call from a man in his 80s. He...

Indianapolis Metro Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted for Incest and Sexual Misconduct with a Minor. Pedro Villanueva, 35, is described as 5'5" tall and 220 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with...

A local mother stands accused of pushing her daughter into prostitution with an 81-year-old Johnson County man, who served as the family's landlord.   The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said an investigation revealed that a 15-year-old girl was...

The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a series of child molestation allegations. On Monday, police arrested Chance Johnson, 27, on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor and sexual battery.   Police say when they were...