COLUMBUS, Ind. — Three suspects are in custody on a variety of charges following a JNET/ILP investigation involving prostitution that was reportedly taking place in a Columbus neighborhood.
The Bartholomew County Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Columbus Police Department Intelligence Led Policing Unit started an investigation into Mariel V. Hautman, 32, of Columbus and Corey S. Singer, 48, of Columbus after identifying them as being allegedly involved in prostitution in Columbus, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
The investigation was launched after the Columbus Police Department was made aware of an advertisement posted on an escort website.
During the course of the investigation, JNET established probable cause to arrest Hautman and Singer for prostitution, Harris said. Additionally, Singer was determined to be a sex offender that was not in compliance with the sex offender registry. JNET obtained a search warrant to search Hautman and Singer’s residence in the 3000 block Streamside Drive. Upon execution of the search warrant, probable cause was established to place Chad Singer, 55, of Davenport, Iowa under arrest as well.
During the search of the residence, JNET located several bags of methamphetamine (totaling approximately 45 grams), packaging material, a digital scale, and drug paraphernalia, Harris said.
The officers also located a 4-year-old child inside a bedroom that was locked from the outside.
All three suspects were transported to the Bartholomew County Jail and remanded with a 48 hour hold on the following preliminary charges:
— Mariel Hautman: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 felony), neglect of a dependent (Level 5 felony), maintaining a common nuisance (Level 6 felony) and prostitution (Class A misdemeanor)
— Corey Singer was preliminarily charged with dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 felony), maintaining a common nuisance, (Level 6 felony) failure to register as a sex offender (Level 6 felony) and prostitution (Class A misdemeanor).
— Chad Singer was preliminarily charged with visiting a common nuisance, as a Class B misdemeanor.
Additional charges are possible in this ongoing investigation.
The 4-year-old was placed with another family member following the arrests, Harris said.
The Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team, a combined unit of the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office, the Columbus Police Department and the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office is proactively targeting the manufacturing and abuse of dangerous drugs in Columbus and Bartholomew County. All suspects should be considered innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law.
