A Villager was arrested on a felony charge of possession of obscene material after a girl reported seeing “weird stuff” on his phone.
Dennis Glick, 78, was arrested Wednesday at his home at 235 Jefferson Lane in the Village of Caroline.
An investigation had been launched “regarding possible inappropriateness” between Glick “and a 9-year-old female child,” according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The child told an investigator she had seen “weird stuff” on Glick’s phone, which she described as “teenage girls without clothing.”
A deputy asked to see Glick’s phone and discovered a folder hidden within the gallery folder. A passcode was required and Glick provided the passcode. The deputy found a recently deleted folder in the gallery which also required a passcode. Once again, Glick provided the passcode. When the deputy began looking through the recently deleted images, the deputy found an image that showed sexual performance by a child. The arrest report was heavily redacted.
The Iowa native was taken into custody and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center where he was being held without bond.