Through a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) Jeremy David Cox, French Lick, was arrested and charged with Possession and/or Distribution of Child Pornography (35-42-4-4), a Level 5 Felony
On August 28, 2024, Cox was arrested without incident following an investigation that began in May 2024 when Indiana State Police received three cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Based on the three tips, Indiana State Police developed a suspect, and a residential search warrant that was executed on August 28th at Coxs’ home of record in French Lick.
Having a search warrant for the person of Jeremy Cox, he was located elsewhere and interviewed.
Cox was remanded to the Orange County Jail under the preliminary charge of Possession and/or Distribution of Child Pornography, a level 5 felony.
Additional charges under the same statute are likely forthcoming.
Task Force members of the Indiana State Police were assisted by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the French Lick Police Department.
The Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force is a multiagency task force that investigates and prosecutes persons who use the internet to sexually exploit or entice children, and 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 involving the Internet or other electronic means, please contact your local Indiana law enforcement agency.
ICAC Taskforce website: https://www.in.gov/
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
