RUSH COUNTY- Members of Indiana’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant this morning following a lengthy investigation involving a Milroy resident and the possession of child pornography. Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, forensic examiners from the ISP Digital Forensics Unit, Troopers from the Pendleton District, and Connersville Police Department executed the search warrant at 596 W. State Road 244 in Milroy. The Internet Crime Against Children Task Force initiated the investigation in December 2023 after receiving cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). During the four-month investigation, the task force identified the suspect as Mark Richard Victor Herbert, 24, of Milroy. The Task Force also used Titus, a digital device sniffing K-9, to assist with locating electronic devices during the search warrant. Herbert was arrested and transported to the Rush County Jail, where he was preliminarily charged with Indiana Code 35-42-4-4(d), Possession of Child Pornography.- Level 5 Felony. The Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force is a multiagency task force that investigates and prosecutes persons who use the internet to exploit or entice children sexually. 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 NCMEC. The NCMEC website can be accessed through the ICAC Task Force website. NCMEC is a private, non-profit organization providing services nationwide to families and law enforcement officials relating to the prevention of abduction and sexual exploitation of children. 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/
Booking photo of Mark Richard Victor Herbert provided by the Rush County Jail.
