ISP ARRESTS MAN FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Members of the Indiana State Police’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit and the ICAC Task Force arrested a Bloomington man for the possession of child pornography. 

Robert J. Scanlon Jr., Age 54, of Bloomington, was arrested Monday, April 14th, following the execution of a residential search warrant.

Detective Robert Whyte initiated the investigation in March 2025, and using various investigative techniques identified Scanlon Jr. as the suspect. Whyte applied for and was granted a search warrant for the Scanlon Jr. residence. The search warrant was executed in Bloomington. The ICAC Task Force which included detectives from the Indiana State Police, the Bloomington Police Department, the Ellettsville Police Department, a representative from the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office, and forensic examiners from ISP’s Digital Forensics Unit, as well as Troopers from the Bloomington District, seized electronic and digital media devices. During forensic examinations, evidence of child pornography files was located. Tools from the Child Rescue Coalition also assisted in making the arrest. Scanlon Jr. was arrested without incident and transported to the Monroe County Jail where his custody was transferred for the following charges:
 

  • 5 counts of Possession of Child Pornography (under the age of 12/bestiality), a Level 5 Felony.  

The Indiana ICAC Task Force is a multiagency task force that investigates and prosecutes persons who use the internet to exploit or entice children sexually. The Indiana State Police oversees the task force.

The Indiana ICAC Task Force encourages Hoosiers to report online exploitation, solicitation, and enticement-type crimes against children to NCMEC. The NCMEC website can be accessed through the ICAC Task Force website. To report a crime with your child as a victim involving the Internet or other electronic means, please contact your local Indiana law enforcement agency.

ICAC Taskforce website: https://www.in.gov/isp/icactf/

All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.