Webster Man Faces Child Sex Charges
September 4, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.
By Amanda [email protected]
William James Rex, 35, of 8534 E. Bond St., was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 9:52 p.m. Saturday for sexual misconduct with a minor, a Level 4 felony; two counts of child exploitation, Level 5 felonies; and one charge of possession of child pornography, a Level 6 felony.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Tuesday in Kosciusko Superior Court I, the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Saturday stating that Rex had been taking inappropriate photos of two children.
Rex was a family friend of the victims, court papers state. The children told police Rex had taken the photos inside his North Webster home.
One of the children told police Rex had taken her to dinner two months ago and purchased her some vape cartridges, then took her back to his residence. Rex allegedly informed the child that if she didn’t want him to take pictures of her, then she would need to pay him for the dinner and vape cartridges.
“Rex showed the child multiple pictures of another young girl, that the child knew, in a state of nudity and dressed in lingerie,”?the probable cause affidavit states. Rex then told the child he had sex with the girl in the photo.
The child told police that she had gone out to dinner with Rex about two or three times since and Rex would provide her with lingerie and photograph her wearing it. Court papers state the child informed police a couple of weeks ago Rex had the child put on the lingerie, handcuffed her behind her back and then took photos.
The other victim told police that on Aug. 30, Rex took her to Fort Wayne for dinner then afterward took her to Cirilla’s adult shop and purchased lingerie for her. Rex allegedly then took her back to his house and photographed the child.
Both victims told police Rex would take the photos with his cellphone then transfer them onto his computer.
A third victim told police she had sex with Rex two times, once at her house, and once at his, and that Rex also took photos of her wearing lingerie.
Police spoke with Rex, who “confessed everything that the victims had indicated actually happened and went into detail describing each incident,” the probably cause affidavit states.
Rex is being held on a $50,250 bond.
William James Rex, 35, of 8534 E. Bond St., was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 9:52 p.m. Saturday for sexual misconduct with a minor, a Level 4 felony; two counts of child exploitation, Level 5 felonies; and one charge of possession of child pornography, a Level 6 felony.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Tuesday in Kosciusko Superior Court I, the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Saturday stating that Rex had been taking inappropriate photos of two children.
Rex was a family friend of the victims, court papers state. The children told police Rex had taken the photos inside his North Webster home.
One of the children told police Rex had taken her to dinner two months ago and purchased her some vape cartridges, then took her back to his residence. Rex allegedly informed the child that if she didn’t want him to take pictures of her, then she would need to pay him for the dinner and vape cartridges.
“Rex showed the child multiple pictures of another young girl, that the child knew, in a state of nudity and dressed in lingerie,”?the probable cause affidavit states. Rex then told the child he had sex with the girl in the photo.
The child told police that she had gone out to dinner with Rex about two or three times since and Rex would provide her with lingerie and photograph her wearing it. Court papers state the child informed police a couple of weeks ago Rex had the child put on the lingerie, handcuffed her behind her back and then took photos.
The other victim told police that on Aug. 30, Rex took her to Fort Wayne for dinner then afterward took her to Cirilla’s adult shop and purchased lingerie for her. Rex allegedly then took her back to his house and photographed the child.
Both victims told police Rex would take the photos with his cellphone then transfer them onto his computer.
A third victim told police she had sex with Rex two times, once at her house, and once at his, and that Rex also took photos of her wearing lingerie.
Police spoke with Rex, who “confessed everything that the victims had indicated actually happened and went into detail describing each incident,” the probably cause affidavit states.
Rex is being held on a $50,250 bond.
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