Connersville Photographer Charged with A number of Federal Child Exploitation Crimes

An arrest was made final Friday.

Shutterstock photograph. Shepard’s mugshot was not offered.

(Connersville, Ind.) – Mikell Shepard has been charged by federal criticism with three counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Child and one rely of Possession of Child Pornography.

The 22-year-old from Connersville and the proprietor of Shepard Photography and Boudoir by Shepard, was transported at this time from Fayette County Jail to federal custody and can stay in custody of the United States for all future proceedings on this case.

According to the felony criticism, on October 23, 2025, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Indianapolis acquired a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The report included investigative findings submitted by Google, which recognized content material in Shepard’s account believed to depict sexually express pictures and movies of minor youngsters.

Google reviewed and flagged greater than 400 information allegedly displaying minors engaged in sexual acts, in addition to over 1,000 information depicting the lascivious exhibition of the genitals of minors.

On October 24, legislation enforcement executed a state search warrant at Shepard’s residence.

Investigators allegedly found sexually express pictures and movies of minors allegedly produced by Shepard in each skilled and private settings, together with whereas babysitting. These pictures reportedly embrace each feminine and male youngsters, as younger as 9 months previous. The pictures and movies date from as lately as October 2025, with some information from the summer time of 2024.

Shepard’s Facebook account advertises him as an expert photographer who “works well with families, children, and infants.”

Shepard has been recognized to babysit a number of youngsters, and has photographed youngsters at a daycare, skating rink, and a gymnastics heart in or close to Connersville. Investigators imagine there could also be extra victims.

If you imagine a toddler could have been victimized by Mikell Shepard, please contact Fayette County/Connersville Police non-emergency dispatch at (765) 825-2111.