Investigation Leads to the Arrest of an Ellettsville Man
On Tuesday, March 3, 2023, Troopers and Detectives with the Indiana State Police Bloomington District and the ISP Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) served search warrants in Ellettsville relating to a child pornography investigation. The investigation started in September of 2022 after receiving 22 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) cyber tips relating to child pornography. The cyber tips advised that an unknown individual was distributing child pornography on the social media applications, Discord and Twitter.
The suspect was identified as Billy W. Arnold, a 24-year-old male who at the time of the incidents resided in Martinsville. Detectives were able to locate Arnold after he moved to Ellettsville earlier this year and interviewed him while ISP Forensic Examiners completed a simultaneous phone extraction. The phone device is still being processed, but due to his interview, Arnold was arrested and transported to Morgan County Jail on multiple charges, of Distribution of Child Pornography Under 12 Years Old.
Anyone having any information related to crimes against children is encouraged to contact their local law enforcement agency or visit the NCMEC website at http://www.missingkids.com/home and find the link to make a CYBERTIPLINE report.
*Criminal Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until, convicted in a court of law.
Bloomington resident charged with Domestic Terrorism, attacking Atlanta Public Safety Center
25 year-old Maggie Gates, of Bloomington, has been arrested by the Atlanta Police Department, in Atlanta, Georgia, on charges of Domestic Terrorism. Gates was one of 23 arrested after the execution of a violent protest against the Police, being described as a “coordinated attack” against Officers and construction equipment and officers at the site of the new Atlanta Public Safety Training Center.
During the attack, 35 individuals are accused of violently attacking the site, throwing rocks, brick, explosives, and Molotov cocktails, while setting fire to the site and destroying several pieces of construction equipment.
*Criminal Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until, convicted in a court of law.
This Week in Hoosier History
1923 – Jazz musician Wes Montgomery was born in Indianapolis. One of the best jazz guitarists of the 20th century, he influenced countless others and changed the role of the guitar in popular music. He died in 1968.
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