SEYMOUR, Ind. – Patrol officers with the Seymour Police Department (SPD), on January 20, received a report of a nine-year-old female possibly being sexually assaulted by a male who resided in the same home.
Investigators had “Susie’s Place,” a Child Advocacy Center in Bloomington, conduct a forensic interview with the alleged victim.
On Wednesday, January 24, SPD detectives located the suspect and interviewed him. As a result of that interview, the investigators arrested Pablo Fernandez-Ortega, 31 of Seymour, for child molesting, (Level 1 felony).
Fernandez-Ortega was transported to the Jackson County Jail in Brownstown where he was remanded into the custody of the jail division.