INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis police officer accused of child exploitation and possessing child pornography is now facing criminal charges in federal court.
Friday, a grand jury returned an indictment of five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material and one count of possession of child sexual abuse against Sgt. Javed Richards, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Indiana announced.
If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
