Two arrested on child sex abuse charges in Dubois County

Two people were booked into the Dubois County Jail after Huntingburg Police arrested Desiree Wagner, 22, and Garrett Jaquett, 35, on child sex abuse-related charges in Dubois County. Jail records listed child molestation, sexual battery, battery, performing sexual conduct in the presence of a minor and intimidation, putting the case immediately into the center of local court scrutiny.

Authorities had released few public details about what led to the arrests, but the separate booking records show this was not a single-suspect case. The mix of sex offenses, battery and intimidation raises the stakes for prosecutors as they prepare the first court filings, including the probable-cause basis for the arrests, bond conditions and any decision to add charges as the case develops.

For parents and guardians in Dubois County, the next key step is the court record. Public cases that are not confidential can be searched through the Indiana Judicial Branch’s MyCase system, and the Dubois County Clerk of the Courts can advise on copies of filings that are not posted online. If the records remain public, they should show the charging information, affidavit and hearing schedule that will determine how the accusations are tested in court.

The arrests also come during a period when Dubois County has seen other child-sex-crime cases move through the system, including a May 27 sentencing that sent a Dubois County man to prison for eight years on multiple child sex abuse charges. That recent history has kept attention on how local police, prosecutors and judges handle allegations involving children, especially when multiple defendants and multiple charges are involved. For now, the case will turn on the filings that emerge next and the evidence that Huntingburg Police and prosecutors place before the court.