Cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) led to the arrest of two Floyd County men on Wednesday for possession of child sexual abuse material following two separate investigations.

The first investigation began after investigators received multiple cybertips from NCMEC between September 2025 and March 2026.

 

These tips were initially reported to NCMEC by an electronic service provider and indicated that an individual was suspected of uploading images depicting child sexual abuse material.

 

As part of the investigation, a search warrant was secured for the residence of 58-year-old Timothy Lee Newberry of Pekin, Indiana (Floyd County).

 

 

Newberry was located at his home on April 15, and as a result of the search and subsequent investigation, he was arrested for 19 counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, each a Level 5 Felony.

This investigation and warrant service were conducted by members of the Indiana ICAC Task Force, consisting of the Indiana State Police and the Jeffersonville Police Department. Detectives and Troopers from the Indiana State Police – Sellersburg Post also assisted.

The second investigation began in March 2026 when the Indiana State Police received cybertips from a social media provider indicating that an individual had allegedly uploaded images depicting child sexual abuse material. As part of this investigation, a search warrant was obtained for the residence of 31-year-old Jesse Edward Cain Worley of New Albany, Indiana. Worley was located at his home on April 15, and as a result of the search and subsequent investigation, he was arrested for one count of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, a Level 5 Felony.

 

This investigation and warrant service were conducted by Indiana ICAC Task Force members consisting of the Indiana State Police, the Scott County Sheriff’s Department, and the Jeffersonville Police Department. Detectives and Troopers from the Indiana State Police – Sellersburg Post also assisted.

Both individuals were incarcerated at the Floyd County Jail.

The Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force is a multiagency task force that investigates and prosecutes individuals who use the internet to sexually exploit or entice children. 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 involving your child that occurs over the Internet or by other electronic means, please contact your local Indiana law enforcement agency.
 

ICAC Taskforce website: https://www.in.gov/isp/icactf/

The Sellersburg District welcomes Trooper Cori Shannon following her graduation from the 89^th Indiana State Police Lateral Academy on Thursday, March 19^th.

Trooper Cori Shannon is originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois and a 2013 graduate from Adlei E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois.  Cori received her Degree in Health/Occupational Studies from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 2018 and worked in the healthcare field until 2019.  Shannon was first sworn in as a police officer with the Coldwater Michigan Police Department in 2019 and later moved back to Illinois where she worked as a police officer for the Skokie, Illinois Police Department before applying to the Indiana State Police. Trooper Shannon and her husband, John, reside in Floyd County. 

The 89^th Recruit Class consisted entirely of full-time merit law enforcement officers, all of whom had a minimum of three (3) continuous years of law enforcement service.  Because of that previous training and experience, this lateral academy contained nine (9) weeks of intense training which totaled nearly 300 hours. Some subject areas of training included criminal and traffic law, de-escalation, emergency vehicle operations, defensive tactics, firearms, impaired driving detection, scenario-based training, and a host of other academic subjects related to modern policing.

Each graduating Trooper was assigned to one of 14 State Police Posts across Indiana. The newly appointed Troopers will spend the next three months working side by side with a series of experienced Field Training Officers. The purpose of the field training is to put to practical application the training received throughout the formal academy. Upon successful completion of field training, the new Troopers will be assigned a State Police patrol vehicle and will begin solo patrol in their assigned district.