Child molest arrest tops most-read list | Columnists
, 2022-05-28 23:00:00,
KENDALLVILLE — A story about an Auburn man who was charged with seven top-level felony counts of child molesting picked up the most views on kpcnews.com this past week.
Kendallville Police arrested David Bruce Schocke, 44, of the 500 block of North Jackson Street, Auburn, on Monday.
He was formally charged Tuesday in Noble Superior Court 1 with four counts of child molesting as a Class A felony. The case involves a girl who was under the age of 5 at the time of the first alleged incident.
Schocke was also charged with child molesting as a Level 1 felony and two counts of child molesting as a Level 4 felony regarding a second alleged victim who was under the age of 10 when the alleged molestation began.
In an interview with police, Schocke denied touching either girl inappropriately.
Readers clicked in more than 4,000 after the story hit the web and was shared via social media channels.
That story topped the Top 10 list from May 19-25 along with these other stories:
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