A Clark County man arrested in Washington County for child sex crimes in November is now facing similar charges in multiple counties in southern Indiana.
Detective Travis Baker, an investigator from the Indiana State Police Sellersburg Post, began an investigation into 37-year-old Eric Adam Riggs of Memphis in September after receiving information of possible child molestation and other child sex crimes occurring in Washington County.
According to a news release from Sgt. Carey Huls, the investigation included victim forensic interviews conducted through the Indiana Department of Child Services, suspect interviews and multiple search warrants involving digital forensic examinations and vehicle and physical searches.
Huls, the public information officer with the Sellersburg Post, said as a result of the initial investigation, Baker arrested Riggs on Nov. 30 on charges of child molesting, a Level 1 felony; sexual misconduct with a minor, a Level 4 felony; two counts of incest, a Level 4 felony; and child exploitation, a Level 5 felony.
Riggs was booked into the Washington County Jail in Salem and has remained there since his arrest.
Baker expanded his probe into other southern Indiana counties due to information gained in his initial investigation.
As a result, Riggs now faces additional charges in Clark and Scott counties. The charges are listed below:
Clark County
- Two counts of child molesting, a Level 1 felony
- Two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, a Level 4 felony
- Two counts of incest, a Level 4 felony
- Child exploitation, a Level 5 felony
Scott County
- Child molesting, a Level 1 felony
- Two counts of incest, a Level 4 felony
- Two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, a Level 4 felony
- Child exploitation, a Level 5 felony