Washington County Clerk Stephanie Rockey has released the following dates for the public concerning the upcoming fall General Election.

➢September 19th @ 10am- Public Test
➢September 20th – First ABS Ballot Drop
➢October 7th- Voter Registration Ends at Mid-night!
➢October 8th- In-person Early Voting begins
8-Noon and 1-4pm(subject to change)
➢October 18th at Noon- Pre-election CFA-4’s are due!
➢ October 24th at Midnightto receive a completed ABS
application.
➢October 26th & November 2nd- Early Voting Saturdays
8am to 3pm- Not closed for lunch.

➢October 26th @ 9am- Poll worker training
➢November 4th @ Noon- In-person Early Voting ENDS!
➢November 5th- Election Day- Polls Open 6am to 6pm

WSLM will be broadcasting the results of the local and state election LIVE on Tuesday November 5 beginning at 6p. 

A candidate forum will also be scheduled for late October involving the local and regional candidates and will be broadcast live. 

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 28^th 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/isp/icactf/

All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

A Cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) led to the arrest of Travis Mark Boothby, 45,  for possession of child pornography.  

Detectives with the Indiana State Police – Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force in Sellersburg began an investigation in June 2024 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.  

As a result of information gathered in the investigation, detectives requested a search warrant. 

On Thursday, August 29, 2024, investigators met with Boothby at the Washington County Probation Department and executed the warrant.

Following the search, detectives arrested Travis Boothby for three counts of Possession/Distribution of Child Pornography.  Each count is a level 4 Felony. 

Boothby was incarcerated at the Washington County 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.