A Cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) led to the arrest of an Orange County man for possession of child pornography.  

Detectives with the Indiana State Police – Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force in Sellersburg began an investigation in July 2023 after receiving a cyber tip report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The cyber tip report indicated that a specific account was possibly used to transmit child pornography images or video files.  

Investigators requested a search warrant based on information gathered during the investigation. As a result, on Thursday, January 4, 2024, members of the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant at an address (French Lick) in western Orange County.

As a result of the investigation and search, Orange County Deputies arrested 36-year-old Brandon Lee Alexander for five counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Each count is a level 5 Felony. 

On April 1, 2024, Deputies arrested Alexander following the investigation and transported him to the Orange Couty Jail without incident.   

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/isp/icactf/

“All subjects are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.”

The following road projects are planned by the Indiana Department of Transportation.

COMMISKEY PIKE

Indiana Department of Transportation contractor E&B Paving, Inc. is scheduled to close Commiskey Pike (E C.R. 50 N) over I-65 on or after Tuesday, April 9, to complete a bridge deck overlay in Jackson County.

The closure will take place just east of U.S. 31 and is expected to take up to 11 weeks, weather permitting. Crews will perform clearing work and begin to place signage in the area prior to the start of construction. During the closure, motorists should use the official detour route which follows U.S. 31 to N C.R.1240 E.

This project is part of a contract awarded to E&B Paving in October 2023. INDOT reminds drivers to slow down, use extra caution and avoid distractions when traveling near work zones. All work is weather-dependent and schedules are subject to change.

GNAW BONE

Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Dave O’Mara Contractors plans to conduct alternating lane closures along State Road 46 over Gnaw Bone Creek just west of Hoover Road beginning on or after Wednesday, April 10, to complete a bridge deck overlay project in Brown County.

The alternating lane closures will take place approximately 3.5 miles east of the S.R. 135 and S.R. 46 intersection and are expected to remain in place until late August, weather permitting. The planned lane closures will alternate between eastbound and westbound S.R. 46, while work is in progress. Temporary traffic signals will be utilized to conduct the planned lane closures. Crews will begin to place signage in the area prior to the start of construction. 

This project is part of a $1 million contract awarded to Dave O’Mara in August 2023. INDOT reminds drivers to slow down, use extra caution and avoid distractions when traveling near work zones. All work is weather-dependent and schedules are subject to change.

MONROVIA

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a temporary closure coming to State Road 42 between County Road 335 West (Everett Road) and C.R. 875 (Wellman Road) between Monrovia and Crown Center.

Beginning on or after Tuesday, April 9, crews will be closing this stretch of S.R. 42 to resurface the road and patch the asphalt.

The closure is expected to last through late fall but is weather permitting and subject to change.

The official detour around the closure is S.R. 42, to S.R. 39, to S.R. 142 to S.R. 42.

INDOT encourages all drivers to seek an alternate route, and avoid speeding and distracted driving in and around all work zones.