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A Fort Wayne man is out on $100,000 bond after being arrested Tuesday and charged with child molesting.
Glen Earl Swihart, 78, of 2826 Chestnut St., Fort Wayne, was booked into Kosciusko County Jail at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday on a child molesting charge.
Indiana State Police investigators said Swihart is suspected of molesting at least four girls, between the ages of 7 and 10, over the course of the summer.
Swihart reportedly frequented the Jellystone Campground in Pierceton, where the molesting incidents occurred.
State police said Swihart, who was retired, was called "Grandpa" by the children at the campground. He reportedly took them for rides on his golf cart, police said, "which enabled him to identify kids he could victimize."
The prosecutor's office was not available this morning for information on any additional charges being filed against Swihart.
