{"id":26122,"date":"2025-05-08T09:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=26122"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:36:05","slug":"decatur-man-arrested-on-child-porn-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/decatur-man-arrested-on-child-porn-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur man arrested on child porn charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ZBD-POLICE-REPORT-5-8.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WZBD&#8217;s Ed Thurman reports on arrests and traffic incidents in Adams County this week. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PRESS RELEASE FROM ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF ON PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>On May 7, 2025, the Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office, in conjunction with the<br>Decatur Police Department and the Indiana State Police, executed a search<br>warrant at a residence in Decatur, Indiana, as part of an ongoing investigation<br>into the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.<br>This warrant stems from a 2024 investigation initiated by the Internet Crimes<br>Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. As a result of the search, Christopher Teeple, age 35, was arrested<br>on eleven (11) counts related to IC 35-42-4-4Child exploitation; possession of child pornography and one<br>count of possession of a controlled substance. Teeple is currently being held in the Adams County Jail.<br>The Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office remains committed to protecting public safety and preventing crimes<br>against children. We will continue working with our local, state, and federal partners to ensure that those<br>who exploit children are held accountable.<\/p><cite>-Adams County sheriff Dan mawhorr<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-76.jpeg?resize=640%2C671&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26124\" style=\"width:255px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-76.jpeg?resize=976%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-76.jpeg?resize=286%2C300&amp;ssl=1 286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-76.jpeg?resize=768%2C805&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-76.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1074&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image0-76.jpeg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chris Teeple of Decatur was arrested by local police this week on charges of possession of child pornography. (Adams County Sheriff&#8217;s Office photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE FROM ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF ON PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES: On May 7, 2025, the Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,21,16],"class_list":["post-26122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-news","tag-wzbdaudio"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26130,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26122\/revisions\/26130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}