From IDS reports
Bloomington police arrested Roger Staggs Jr. on two counts of child molestation Wednesday. Staggs, 35, was arrested as a result of a Bloomington Police Department investigation that began last year, BPD Sgt. Joe Crider said.
In June 2015, BPD started an investigation after two sisters, now 23 and 26, reported they were molested by Staggs in the summer of 2002, according to the police report.
During that summer, the women, then 10 and 13, lived with their mother on Bloomington’s west side. Their mother was in a relationship with Staggs’ father, according to the report. Staggs, who was 22 at the time, often stayed the night at the house where the alleged victims lived with their mother.
According to the report, the women alleged Staggs inappropriately touched the girls and had sexual relations with them.
During the course of BPD’s investigation, detectives gathered enough evidence to arrest Staggs on two counts of child molestation, Sgt. Crider said. He was arrested at the BPD headquarters and is being held at the Monroe County Jail.
Staggs’ current permanent address is in Spencer, Indiana.
Both women made the report in June 2015, Crider said.
Hannah Alani
