By Emma Rausch
emma@thepaperofwabash.com
NORTH MANCHESTER A North Manchester man was arrested Tuesday, July 12, and now faces two felony child molestation charges following a Wabash County Sheriff’s Department investigation.
Brandon P. Knutson, 18, North Manchester, was charged with two counts felony child molestation, misdemeanor petition to revoke probation on criminal conversion charge and misdemeanor petition to revoke probation on criminal mischief charge.
In June, WCSD officers received a report of child molestation involving Knutson and a child younger than 14-years-old, according to the probable cause affidavit.
On June 28, Det. Sgt. Michael Davis spoke to the victim and the child advised there were two separate incidences of child molestation involving Knutson in early June, the court documents continued.
Davis spoke to Knutson on June 29 and told officers he did not know the victim’s age, according to the affidavit.
Knutson’s initial hearing took place on July 14 where he entered a preliminary plea of not guilty.
Bond was set at $30,000 surety and $250 cash.
As a condition of bond, Knutson is to have no direct or indirect contact with the victim.