SEYMOUR, Ind. – The Seymour Police Department (SPD) took a local man into custody for child solicitation on Thursday following an investigation that began on Saturday, May 20.
Officers responded to the 700 block of N. Elm St. regarding a male that had allegedly solicited a minor for a sexual act and disseminated content harmful to a minor over a web-based application. The information was received from a private organization called Exposing Predators of Indiana’s Children (EPIC).
On Tuesday, a Jackson County search warrant was granted to retrieve information from the web-based application on the alleged solicitation and dissemination of content.
Two days later on May 25, detectives executed a second search warrant at the residence on Elm Street to search for evidence. During the search, several items of evidentiary value were allegedly located and seized.
SPD investigators took the suspect, Mark L. Snyder, 55, of Seymour, into custody. He was charged with child solicitation, a level 5 felony. Snyder was taken to the Jackson County Jail and remanded into the custody of the jail division.