NASHVILLE– A four-month investigation by the Indiana State Police’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit and ICAC Task Force has led to the arrest of a Nashville man on charges related to possession of child sexual abuse material.
Dustin Lee Stinson, 35, of Nashville, was arrested on Wednesday, February 5th, after a search warrant was executed at his residence.
The investigation began in September 2024 after ICAC Detective Robert Whyte received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The tip indicated that child sexual abuse material had been found on a user’s account on the social media platform Kik Messenger.
Detective Whyte identified Stinson as the suspect. A search warrant was executed at Stinson’s Brown County residence by the ICAC Task Force, which includes detectives from the Indiana State Police, a special agent from the United States Secret Service, forensic examiners from the ISP’s Digital Forensics Unit, and troopers from the Bloomington District. Electronic and digital media devices were seized during the search. Forensic examination of these devices revealed evidence of child sexual abuse material.
Stinson was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail, where he was charged with four counts of possession of child pornography (victim under 12 years of age), a Level 5 Felony.
The Indiana ICAC Task Force is a multi-agency task force that investigates and prosecutes individuals who use the internet to exploit or entice children sexually. The Indiana State Police oversees the task force.
The Indiana ICAC Task Force encourages citizens to report online exploitation, solicitation, and enticement crimes against children to NCMEC through the ICAC Task Force website: https://www.in.gov/isp/icactf/. Crimes involving the internet or other electronic means with a child victim should also be reported to local law enforcement.
Those facing criminal charges are considered innocent unless convicted through due legal proceedings. Accusations alone do not imply guilt; the judicial system will evaluate the presented evidence to reach a verdict.
