Crime & Safety

Gibson County Deputy Arrested On Child Seduction Charges

ISP Investigation: The official allegedly had sexual relations on two separate occasions with two juveniles between January and March 2017.

GIBSON COUNTY, IN - Indiana State Police report a Gibson County Deputy Sheriff is in jail after being arrested Monday afternoon on three child seduction charges. Officials said the arrest comes nearly one month into an investigation centered on a complaint against 29-year-old Gibson County Sheriff's Dept. Deputy Daniel Greer, of Princeton, Ind. The investigation was launched by ISP detectives in early June 2017 at the request of the Gibson County Sheriff's Department, police report.

According to ISP, Greer, who was a school resource officer for the sheriff's department, is alleged to have had sexual relations on two separate occasions with two juveniles between January and March 2017. However, the incidents did not occur on school property, and allegedly took place while Greer was off-duty, ISP reports. (For free daily news updates, subscribe to the Carmel Patch newsletter and like Carmel Patch on Facebook).

ISP added that Greer is being held without bond at the Knox County Jail on two counts of Child Seduction, a Level 5 felony, and Obstruction of Justice, a Level 6 felony.

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