Man Wanted On Child Sex Charges Arrested Saturday

A man who had made his way onto the Livingston County Most Wanted list on child sex crime charges was arrested over the weekend in Grundy County.

According to information released by the Livingston County Sheriff, 30-year-old Thomas Edward Coons was arrested Saturday by authorities in Grundy County.

Coons was wanted on a Livingston County arrest warrant for two counts of counts class B felony 2nd degree child molestation with a child less than 12 years of age, an unclassified felony of enticement or attempted enticement of a child (with an actor 21 or older and child 15 or younger), and class D felony tamper or attempt to tamper with a victim in a felony prosecution.

Bond was initially denied by the court and Coons was transferred to the Daviess DeKalb Regional Jail.