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Facebook Investigation Leads To Arrest

Last updated on Thursday, January 29, 2015

(EDINBURGH) - A three-month-long investigation ended Tuesday when police arrested a man for sexual misconduct with a minor.

Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department, with the help of Edinburgh Police, arrested Gonzalo Ocampo-Velazquez, 22, at the 100 block of West Main Street on Jan. 27.

WISH reports, the sheriff's department began an in-depth investigation on the suspect after reports that he had been inappropriately contacting a 14-year-old girl.

According to police, Ocampo-Velazquez made contact with the girl multiple times through Facebook over the past year.

As of Wednesday, Ocampo-Velazquez is in custody at the Bartholomew County Jail on $50,000 bond and faces possible charges of sexual misconduct with a minor.

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