Members of Indiana's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant following a lengthy investigation involving a Milroy resident and the possession of child pornography.

Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Childen Unit, forensic examiners from the ISP Digital Forensics Unit, Troopers fron 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 Possession of Child Pornography - Level 5 Felony.

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