Staff Report

Aaron Cable

ELKHART — A New Paris man was recently arrested for allegedly molesting two children over 15 years ago.

Aaron Cable, 50, 23128 CR 44, New Paris, is charged with four counts of child molesting, all Class A felonies; and child molesting, a Class C felony.

On Oct. 1, 2022, the Indiana Department of Child Services received a sexual abuse report. The victim, now an adult, reported being sexually abused in Elkhart County by Cable when they were a child. The adult was interviewed by law enforcement on Oct. 4, 2022.

According to court documents, the person said Cable’s abuse first began when they resided in Pennsylvania and that it continued when they moved to Elkhart County. They described in detail Cable’s inappropriate interactions with them and said the molestations occurred on a weekly basis from 2005 to 2008.

The adult also said they witnessed Cable sexually abuse a child who was about four years younger than them. Cable told the adult not to tell anyone what he was doing and to keep it a secret.

Cable was interviewed by police on Oct. 7, 2022. At the time of these alleged molestations, Cable would have been over the age of 21.

In the interview, Cable admitted to beginning to molest the adult who made the report in Pennsylvania and that the acts continued when the adult moved to Elkhart County. He also described the incidents in detail and admitted to acting inappropriately with a second child.

Cable was booked in the Elkhart County Correctional Complex on Dec. 29, 2023, with a $610,000 surety bond.