STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (NETWORK INDIANA) — A detective sergeant named Austin Rowlands with the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana has been charged with official misconduct, a Level 6 felony.
Additionally, he faces three misdemeanor charges related to criminal mischief.
The charges were filed after a complaint was received by the Indiana State Police (ISP), accusing Rowlands of maliciously damaging personal property such as a TV, vehicle, and surveillance camera system while executing a warrant at a home in Angola. ISP initiated the investigation on September 28th.
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This is par for the course for Steuben County. This despicable conduct has been well documented amongst the sex offenders this detective sergeant was primarily responsible for monitoring compliance with statutorily required registration information. It will not be a surprise when the information comes out that this is the person extorting registrants with scam phone calls right before their registration timelines, using non-public required registration information state wide.