COLUMBUS – This week, Detectives with the Indiana State Police-Crimes Against Children Section arrested a Columbus, Indiana man on child molesting, child pornography, and other related charges.
Months earlier, Detective Robert Whyte began an investigation upon receiving a tip that an individual was possibly in possession of child pornography. The investigation eventually identified a potential suspect, Andrew Case, 38, of Columbus, Indiana.
On Tuesday, April 29, Investigators with the Indiana State, with the assistance of other Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force members, served a search warrant at Case’s residence. During the search, investigators gained information that Case was allegedly involved in child molestation and the production of child pornography.
Andrew Case was arrested and transported to the Bartholomew County Jail on preliminary charges of Child Molesting, Level 4 Felony, Production of Child Pornography, Level 4 Felony, Possession of Child Pornography, Level 5 Felony, and Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, Level 6 Felony.
The Bloomington Police Department, United States Secret Service, Columbus Police Department, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, and the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office assisted the Indiana State Police in the investigation.
The Indiana ICAC Task Force is a multiagency task force that investigates and prosecutes persons who use the internet to exploit or entice children sexually. The Indiana State Police oversees the task force.
The Indiana ICAC Task Force encourages Hoosiers to report online exploitation, solicitation, and enticement-type crimes against children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The NCMEC website can be accessed through the ICAC Task Force website. To report a crime with your child as a victim using the internet or other electronic means, please contact your local Indiana law enforcement agency.
ICAC Taskforce website: https://www.in.gov/isp/icactf.
