SEYMOUR, Ind. – The Seymour Police Department (SPD) received a report on Friday, December 2, that a 22-year-old male had sexually assaulted a 15-year-old female.
After the investigation was turned over to police department detectives, a formal interview was conducted with the minor victim on Wednesday, December 7.
SPD investigators located the suspect on December 8 and questioned him. During that interview, the suspect allegedly admitted to touching the victim inappropriately on top of and under her clothing. He supposedly knew the victim was 15 years old at the time of the incident.
Walter Ivan Hernandez-Polanco, 22, of Seymour, was arrested for sexual battery and sexual misconduct with a minor and taken to Jackson County Jail.
