Sex Crime Charges Filed, More Expected
Warsaw Police have arrested a local man on charges that the 31-year-old exposed himself to two young girls and made them watch pornographic videos.
Joseph A. Sturgill, 31, of 221 S. High St. Apt. C, was arrested Thursday afternoon on warrants after police served a search warrant at his home.
WPD investigators received information that Sturgill made two girls, ages 7 and 8, watch porn and look at pornographic photos at his near downtown apartment last Saturday. Sturgill also allegedly exposed his genitals to the girls, who have been described as family friends of the suspect’s wife.
Sturgill has been charged with two charges of child solicitation and one charge of dissemination of matter harmful to minors, all Class D felonies.
Investigators seized the suspect’s cell phone and more charges are expected for a separate indecent exposure incident involving an adult female. Police believe other indecent exposure incidents have occurred involving Sturgill and are asking that anyone with information contact the Warsaw Police Investigations Division at 574-372-9531.
Warsaw Police were assisted in their investigation by the North Webster Police Department, Indiana Department of Child Services and the Kosciusko County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.