ATTICA — Detectives with the Indiana State Police Lafayette Post arrested an Attica man with an active warrant for child molestation.
James Beedle, 62, of Attica was arrested Thursday morning on two felony counts of child molesting — fondling or touching a child younger than age 14.
According to an ISP press release, the Attica Police Department responded June 11 to a residence in Attica to investigate an alleged sexual assault. Attica police then requested the assistance of the Indiana State Police to investigate.
With the help of the Indiana Department of Child Services, ISP detectives discovered that the alleged child molestation occurred multiple times in the beginning of June and the victim was under the age of 14. Detectives were able to develop probable cause and obtained an arrest warrant for Beedle.
He was located at his residence in Attica, taken into custody and transported to Fountain County Jail.
