Tipton County man arrested on felony charges involving a minor

Ken de la Bastide, The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind.
·2 min read

Apr. 12—ANDERSON — A Tipton County man, already out on bond for felony charges of child molesting, has been arrested on new charges.

Aaron Vasquez, 42, of Windfall was arrested by Elwood police on Sunday on preliminary felony charges of sexual misconduct with a minor; vicarious sexual gratification; child solicitation; and dissemination of material harmful to minors.

The Madison County Prosecutor's Office was given an additional 72 hours to file formal charges.

Vasquez was charged in Tipton County in 2016 while residing in Elwood on four felony counts of child molestation and sexual battery, including sexual battery of a person who is mentally disabled or deficient and unable to consent.

A trial date of June 15 has been set in Tipton County.

Vasquez was out on bond in connection with the Tipton County charges when he was arrested by Elwood police and the prosecutor's office requested an elevated bond.

The probable cause affidavit states a 15-year-old girl said the incidents started in March 2020 and took place at locations in both Windfall and Elwood.

She said during the Kids Talk interview that it began with Vasquez fondling her and increased to her fondling him and eventually to sexual intercourse.

The girl said the incidents happened at several houses and in Vasquez's vehicle and at times they smoked marijuana together.

The court document states the last incident took place the first week of April when Vasquez picked her up at approximately 3:30 a.m. in his vehicle and they had sexual intercourse twice after smoking marijuana.

Vasquez declined to be interviewed by Elwood police on the advice of his attorney.

In the 2016 Tipton County case, Vasquez is accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl in 2013, according to a probable cause affidavit.

After being confronted by the girl's mother, Vasquez admitted to molesting the child, telling the mother he had struggled "with lust his whole life" but that he had "made himself stop," according to the affidavit.

The victim's mother's boyfriend told police Vasquez made the same admission during a conversation between the two men.

During an interview with the Tipton County Department of Child Services in February, the victim told investigators that Vasquez had touched her inappropriately multiple times while the two were alone.

Criminal Magistrate Kevin Eads set bond at $50,000 full cash during Vasquez's initial Monday court appearance.

Follow Ken de la Bastide on Twitter @KendelaBastide, or call 765-640-4863.

Recommended Stories

  • Reuters names Alessandra Galloni as its next editor-in-chief

    A native of Rome, Galloni, 47, will replace Stephen J. Adler, who is retiring this month after leading the newsroom for the past decade. A speaker of four languages, and with broad experience covering business and political news at Reuters and previously at the Wall Street Journal, Galloni takes the helm as the news agency faces an array of challenges. Since 2008, Reuters has been part of Thomson Reuters Corp, a corporation with more-lucrative and faster-growing segments than news.

  • 16 dogs, some dead, found crammed inside SUV in California, police say

    Someone reported a “suspicious vehicle” to police and deputies went to investigate.

  • Michael Cohen expected to meet with prosecutors again in Trump Organization probe, source says

    NEW YORK — Michael Cohen is expected to meet with Manhattan prosecutors for a ninth time this week in their ongoing criminal probe into former President Donald Trump and his eponymous company, a source familiar with the investigation told the New York Daily News on Monday. His latest rendezvous with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s team of investigators — headed by veteran ...

  • Search for LSU student missing nearly a week shifts to Mississippi River, officials say

    Kori Gauthier was last seen April 7.

  • How horror icon Barbara Crampton finally landed a starring role with bite

    Director Travis Stevens' vampire film, Jakob's Wife, is released Friday.

  • Fake Walmart worker leaves store with over a dozen iPhones, Georgia cops say

    Police say this isn’t the first time.

  • Prosecutors seek 5-year term for ex-leader of neo-Nazi group

    Federal prosecutors in Virginia are seeking a five-year prison sentence for a former neo-Nazi group leader who pleaded guilty to conspiring with other far-right extremists to threaten dozens of targets, including a predominantly African American church, a sitting U.S. Cabinet member and journalists. John Cameron Denton, of Montgomery, Texas, and others involved in the plot made at least 134 threats to injure people and institutions, often for racist reasons, Justice Department prosecutors wrote in a court filing last Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady is scheduled to sentence Denton on Tuesday.

  • Daunte Wright was stopped for expired plates, but driving while Black may have been his 'crime'

    The police confrontation escalated after officers saw what could have been an air freshener hanging illegally from the rearview mirror.

  • Pentagon officer arrested on murder charges faces new allegation of assaulting woman

    Police in Maryland said they obtained video showing the officer allegedly assaulting a woman with a long gun.

  • Harvey Weinstein is indicted in California, appears at extradition hearing

    Harvey Weinstein has been indicted in California on sexual assault charges, one of his lawyers said on Monday, as the former Hollywood movie producer appeared in a New York court proceeding over whether to extradite him. The 69-year-old Weinstein wore a collarless rust-colored shirt as he appeared from the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo by video before Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case. Weinstein has been appealing his February 2020 conviction in Manhattan and 23-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann.

  • 1 dead, officer injured after gunfire erupts at high school in Knoxville, Tennessee

    The shooting occurred after officers responded to a report of an armed person at Austin-East Magnet High School.

  • TV Ratings: ‘The Nevers’ Delivers Best-Ever Debut for Original Series on HBO Max

    “The Nevers,” Joss Whedon’s steampunk brainchild and HBO’s latest original series, drew over 1.4 million viewers across linear telecasts and digital during its premiere on Sunday night. The show scored the best debut for a new original series on HBO Max and surpassed viewership for other popular shows on the streamer, including Misha Green’s horror […]

  • Twins, Wolves, Wild postpone games following police shooting

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) In the raw aftermath of another killing of a Black man by police in Minnesota, there was no place for pro sports in the Twin Cities on Monday. The Minnesota Twins, Wild and Timberwolves all postponed their games a day after the shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright following a traffic stop in a nearby suburb. Major League Baseball's Twins were set to begin a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox on Monday afternoon at Target Field.

  • Yellowstone reopens for season Friday. Here’s where visitors will need to wear masks

    Tourists will also need masks in some outdoor areas.

  • Mistaking Asian woman as white, Asian man attacks her over hate crimes, CA cops say

    Police said the man attacked the woman for “retaliation for hate crimes committed against the Asian community.”

  • This tricky creature isn’t a snake — or a worm, wildlife officials say. What is it?

    This animal can blink.

  • Antibody cocktail ‘rapidly’ prevents and treats COVID, study finds. Here’s how

    It can reduce risks of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 81% if not already infected with the virus.

  • Brooklyn man pleads not guilty to using Bloomberg reporter's information for insider trading

    A Brooklyn man pleaded not guilty on Monday to insider trading charges, after prosecutors accused him of using information from a Bloomberg News reporter about certain deals to trade. Jason Peltz, 38, entered his plea through his lawyer before U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann in Brooklyn. On March 23, a federal grand jury indicted Peltz for trading on "material nonpublic information" obtained from a company insider and a financial reporter.

  • Hailey Baldwin says she 'missed out on interacting with boys' because she was homeschooled

    The model, who married Justin Bieber when she was 21, said she barely spent any time around boys in high school because she was homeschooled.

  • Did Prince Andrew Really Just Use Prince Philip’s Death to Sneak Back on TV?

    Duncan McGlynn/Getty ImagesThe shamelessness of Britain’s Prince Andrew really does take some beating.He has suggested that a photograph of him with his arm around a teenage sex trafficking victim was faked because he has “chubby fingers.” He said that same woman’s description of him pouring with sweat at a nightclub must be a lie because he cannot sweat (he can). He ascribed his week-long 2010 visit to Jeffrey Epstein to his extreme sense of honor. Don’t even mention his love of pizza.Prince Andrew Says Prince Philip’s Death Has Left ‘Huge Void’ in Queen’s LifeIncredibly, Andrew now appears to be using his father’s death to crawl out from under the rock of royal exile to which his brother Charles, who has long struggled with him, banished him after the disastrous November 2019 Newsnight interview in which those, and many other questionable claims, including the cynical lie that he would co-operate with law enforcement inquiries into Epstein’s crimes, were made.Coming out of church on Sunday morning, just 48 hours after the death of his father, whose greatest disdain was reserved for royals embarrassing the family, Andrew made a beeline for the camera and started giving what appeared to be an off-the-cuff interview to a news camera about how the entire royal family was “all feeling a great sense of loss.”Andrew has clearly missed his media appearances. On and on he went. How grateful he was for the tributes paid to his father. How “calm” his father was as a man. He was also careful to suggest his father’s death had helped connect him to the proletariat, saying it “brought it home to me not just our loss but actually the loss that everybody else has felt, for so many people who have died and lost loved ones during the pandemic.”It was shockingly unshocking to see Andrew, not a drop of perspiration on him despite having gained a few extra pounds, bad British teeth and all, standing there in his black suit, acting like nothing had happened, freelancing away for the cameras.Maybe we had all just imagined the past year and a half, especially the bit where Prince Charles, now more than ever the acting head of the royal family, had stripped him of all his royal patronages, kicked him out of his office in Buckingham Palace, and removed his obscene $300,000 a year grant from the British taxpayer.It was, at first, all rather inoffensive waffle that was emanating from Andrew’s mouth. It might not have even made the evening news. But if there is one thing that is guaranteed to galvanize the British public, it is insight into that most mysterious of things: how the queen is actually feeling, up close and in private.Asked about the effect of Philip’s death on Her Majesty, Andrew, stunningly, decided to go there: “She described it as having left a huge void in her life,” he said, adding that she had described her husband’s passing as a “miracle.”His words were plastered over news websites and TV stations within moments.Given that Andrew was filmed outside the private Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Castle, which he had attended along with other members of the royal family including his younger brother, Prince Edward (who spoke more traditionally to reporters outside the chapel saying that his father’s death was a “dreadful shock”) there was at first an assumption that Andrew had been given permission to speak to the media. Had Charles had a change of heart? It seemed incredible, but was Andrew back on his way inside the charmed circle, entitled to free food and air miles once again?On Monday, however, leaks began trickling out suggesting that that assumption was far from an accurate characterization.Dan Wooton, the journalist who broke the news that Harry and Meghan were leaving the U.K., reported in the Daily Mail that sources had told him: “Prince Andrew might hope that this sad situation changes things, but Prince Charles is adamant there is no way back while allegations hang over him. He spoke on camera in a private capacity because this is a family event. No one can stop him doing that.”Neither the palace nor an advisory firm retained by Prince Andrew responded to inquiries from The Daily Beast.Andrew’s fantasy of a comeback has been oft-reported over the past two years. And he is still at it, with a source described as “close to Prince Andrew” telling Wooton, “He still harbors thoughts that he can make a comeback. He genuinely thinks that’s possible.”If Andrew needs any further reminder that he is no longer welcome in public life or in British sitting rooms, and that his father’s death changes nothing, he may want to consider this statistic: Almost 400 people have already written to the BBC to complain about Andrew featuring on the corporation’s coverage.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.