Randolph molester indicted on sex trafficking charges
WINCHESTER, Ind. A few weeks after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for six molesting convictions, a Randolph County man has been indicted by a grand jury in another sex-related investigation.
The Randolph Circuit Court grand jury in recent days charged William D. Brandenburg, 31, of Union City, with three counts of promotion of human sexual trafficking, all Level 4 felonies carrying up to 12 years in prison.
The indictments allege that Brandenburg used coercion to persuade a person to engage in sex acts three times in exchange for forgiveness of a gambling debt.
The incidents are alleged to have taken place between early November and mid-January.
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Winchester sex offender charged with child solicitation
WINCHESTER, Ind. A convicted sex offender is accused of trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old boy.
Dana L. Coleman, 60, was arrested last week after he allegedly went to a local convenience store to meet the child, who authorities said was actually a citizen posing as a juvenile.
Coleman s arrest came after he was confronted by that person described in Winchester police reports as a decoy and others.
Until being called to the convenience store, law enforcement authorities were not involved in the sting operation.
Coleman reportedly later acknowledged to police that he believed he had been communicating by text message with a 15-year-old he intended to have spend the night at his home, in the 500 block of South Meridian Street.
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