Southern indiana man arrested for child solicitation

A Scottsburg man, Kyle McIntosh, has been arrested on two separate felony charges after communicating illicitly with a 13-year-old female in Clark County. 

An investigation began when Trooper Ryne Mcmahel, with the Indiana State Police (ISP) in Sellersburg, received the complaint of an adult providing obscene material to a minor.  The complaint alleged that a thirteen-year-old girl received explicit nude images from an adult male and that the adult male believed he was speaking with a fourteen-year-old female.  The communication was alleged to have happened via the Snapchat messaging app and include numerous illicit images and conversations. 

As a result of the investigation, the male was identified as Kyle Alan McIntosh, 22, of Scottsburg.  The investigation also revealed conversations in which McIntosh spoke explicitly about his desire to have sexual relations with the girl. 

On Friday, March 26, 2021, Trooper Ryne Mcmahel and Detective Sergeant Dave Mitchell located Kyle McIntosh and spoke with him at the Sellersburg State Police Post.  After speaking with McIntosh and, as a result of the investigation, Kyle Alan McIntosh was arrested for Child Solicitation, a Level 4 Felony, and Providing Obscene Material to a Minor, a Level 6 Felony. 

Kyle McIntosh was incarcerated at the Clark County Jail without further incident.