By 1ST SGT. CHAD HILL
Public Information Officer, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department detectives arrested a Fort Wayne man Thursday, May 5, on preliminary felony charges of sexual misconduct with a minor.

Detective/Lt. Todd Sautter stated during the course of a recent investigation, sheriff’s deputies determined that David William Dean Blanton, 19, Fort Wayne, had sexual intercourse, on at least one occasion, with a 14-year-old girl.

Sautter stated at the conclusion of the investigation, Blanton was subsequently arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail, where he is being held on a $10,250 bond.