In March 2022, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Investigators with the Kokomo Police Department, assisted with an investigation initiated by Peru Police Department investigators. Further assistance was requested to Homeland Security Investigators (HSI) in relation to the production and possession of child pornography.

On April 22, HSI obtained a signed federal arrest warrant for James Dustin Eugene Rippy, 38, of Peru, for the Production and Possession of Child Pornography. Investigators from the Kokomo Police Department assisted Peru Police Department Investigators and HSI in serving the warrant.

Rippy was taken into custody without incident.

This case remains under investigation and anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Austin Bailey at 765-456-7280 or by email at abailey@cityofkokomo.org.