Man, 41, gets 3 years for inappropriate conduct with girl, 14

Thursday, September 28, 2017
Chawn Weimer

A 41-year-old Indianapolis man has been sentenced to three years in the Indiana Department of Correction for carrying on an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl that included him texting her nude photos of himself.

Chawn L. Weimer, who pleaded guilty to the Level 5 felony count of vicarious sexual gratification in a plea-bargain agreement, will serve two years of executed time and one year suspended, Judge Matthew Headley ruled in Putnam Circuit Court.

In return for the guilty plea, Weimer saw charges of child solicitation, a Level 5 felony, and dissemination of matter harmful to minors, a Level 6 felony, dropped in the plea deal with the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office.

Weimer was represented in the case by Bloomington attorney Jacob Moore.

Indiana State Police Det. Sgt. Samuel J. Stearley began to investigate Weimer after it was reported to the Indiana Department of Child Services on March 21, 2016 that a 14-year-old female was involved with the Indianapolis man -- a former classmate of her father -- and had been referring to him as her boyfriend.

She reportedly said the man was well aware of her young age.

The girl admitted sending five or six nude photographs of herself to the then-40-year-old, who in turn sent three or four nude photos of himself to the girl, court documents note.

The activity between Weimer and the teenager reportedly occurred between November 2015 and March 21, 2016.

In a separate interview in April 2016 Weimer admitted kissing the girl while at a movie in Brownsburg and exchanging inappropriate photos after the reported victim “begged” him to do so. He said the girl was nicer to him than any of his “real girlfriends.”

The girl was reportedly at her grandmother’s residence in Putnam County when the photos were exchanged via cell phone.

Weimer also reported being a heroin addict and noted that he was “usually high” when he did such things, resulting in him making poor decisions, Sgt. Stearley’s probable cause document noted.