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Washington Police Arrest Evansville Man for Child Molesting

By John Szink Mar 27, 2025 | 5:39 PM

Washington Police arrested an Evansville man Wednesday on a charge of Child Molesting.

Detectives with the Washington Police Department, along with the Department of Children Services, responded to a report from the Pike County Sheriff’s Office regarding a sexual assault that had occurred at East Side Park.

It was determined that 24-year-old Jonathon Thomas, while working as a service provider for a minor child, assaulted the child in his care.

Thomas was located at his residence in Evansville and taken into custody on a charge of Child Molestation.

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