Hamilton County Reporter

Retired Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department Deputy, David Wyler, 65, Carmel, has been charged with five counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

Wyler

According to reports filed by Carmel Police Department Detective John Piracs, the Hamilton County Child Exploitation Task Force received a CyberTipline report from the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children. The report indicated that on March 22 a person had uploaded two images of unclothed children to Pinterest. Information provided by Pinterest indicated the username was “davidwyler1954.” Pinterest also supplied investigators with several IP addresses that had been used to access the Pinterest account.

According to police, some of the IP addresses appeared to geolocate to Hamilton County.  According to Piracs, further investigation showed that there was David Wyler living on Goldfinch Drive in Carmel, and that his year of birth is 1954.

During an interview with police, Wyler admitted to having multiple boards on Pinterest, and some of his boards were named Young Boys, Young Girls, Girls and Boys. Wyler told investigators that he had last viewed images of children with uncovered genitals within the last two weeks.

During a forensic examination of Wyler’s phone, police found multiple images of nude prepubescent children.

Police reports indicate Wyler was arrested at his home and transported to the Hamilton County Jail.

A jury trial has been scheduled for Jan. 7, 2020.