Sex Crimes — Lebanon, IN — reported 2026-07-13
SUMMARY
A sex offender was caught in an online sting orchestrated by a Boone County task force posing as an underage girl.
KEY FACTS
- Incident type: Sex Crimes
- Location: Lebanon, IN
- Date reported: 2026-07-13
- Suspect: age 31
- Status: arrested and charged
REPORTED DETAILS
- Samuel Grosvenor, 31, of Lebanon, was arrested on July 2 after a nearly two-week operation by the Boone County Child Abuse and Sexual Exploitation Task Force.
- Grosvenor was charged with child solicitation as a Level 4 and 5 felony, along with failure to register as a sex offender.
- The task force had created decoy accounts on various apps where predators are known to attempt to engage with underage victims.
- Undercover police made the first move by responding to Grosvenor's post about wanting to make new friends.
- Grosvenor was aware of the age of the decoy, a 14-year-old girl, and continued to converse with her for several days.