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Reelsville man arrested for child sex crime

Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 1:18 PM

By Paul Gable

Kevin Thacker, 36, of Reelsville, was arrested last week by Indiana State Police.

A Reelsville man found himself behind bars in the Putnam County Jail awaiting extradition to Texas after a recent arrest. 

Kevin Thacker, 36, of Reelsville, was arrested last week by Indiana State Police Trooper James Crisp and Detective Colton Maynor after the Putnamville Post received a tip from the Keller Police Department in Texas of active warrants for Thacker. 

Police located Thacker at a residence in Reelsville and took him into custody without incident with the help of the Putnam County Sheriff's Department. 

Thacker faces four counts of Online Solicitation with a minor, a level 3 felony, and a Class A misdemeanor charge of distribution or display of harmful material to a minor. 

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