For Immediate Release

Date: July 22, 2024

Location: Avilla, Indiana

Time: 0900 hours

Suspect Arrested #1: Angel Gustavo Maldonado-Viscaino, 47 years old

Preliminary Charges: Count I: Child Molesting, a Level 1 Felony; Count II: Child Molesting, a Level 4 Felony; Count III: Sexual Misconduct With A Minor, a Level 5 Felony; Count IV: Sexual Battery, a Level 6 Felony

Details/Summary:

On June 6, 2024, a family arrived at the Fort Wayne Police Department Victims Assistance office to report Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Detective Scott Wilson, an investigator with the FWPD Crimes Against Persons Section (CAPS), was assigned to the case. The two (2) minor children participated in Forensic Interviews at the Dr. Bill Lewis Center For Children. They disclosed details of their abuse and named Angel Maldonado-Viscaino as the alleged defendant. This morning, Detective Wilson met with deputies from the Noble County Sheriff’s Department in Avilla, Indiana and took the alleged defendant into custody. He was transported to the Allen County Jail awaiting his preliminary hearing. Detective Wilson was also assisted by the Indiana Department of Child Services.

We would like to thank the Noble County Sheriff’s Department for their assistance.