Former Indiana Youth Swim Coach Arrested, Charged With Child Exploitation

Former Indiana youth swim coach Matthew Bills has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of kid exploitation and possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

According to native information anchor Angela Ganote, final October, regulation enforcement acquired a tip {that a} consumer with the display identify “swimusadad” was importing Child Sexual Abuse Material on the app KIK. After an investigation, Detectives traced that account to Billis, who at the moment works on the State of Indiana Department of Administration. The prices are for alleged crimes that occurred between April and August of 2025.

Police say they discovered 33 photos and 26 movies of youngsters being sexually abused. That features a video of a kid being raped. Police additionally allege that the account despatched messages to different customers on KIK speaking about fetishes involving younger kids.

One message says “What is the youngest and oldest you have? I would love to see young ones,” in keeping with the police data.

Bills has two younger kids.

Bills’ dwelling was searched on November 20 and he resigned his place with the state on December 11. He was arrested on Wednesday.

Bills’ LinkedIn profile says that he labored on the Noblesville Swim Club from November 2016 by means of June 2017. He was final a USA Swimming member in 2017.

He additionally managed the aquatic employees, together with constructing a swimming program, at Life Time Fitness in Indianapolis from 2014 by means of 2016; and from 2007 by means of 2012 was the Athletic Director on the Sumter Family YMCA, the place he says he assisted the YMCA swim workforce “by coaching participants of 4-21 years old.”

Bills additionally posted steadily on social media about swimming, together with that he meant to go to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis.

Bills’ spouse, who has not been implicated in any crimes, is a distinguished determine within the native swimming neighborhood. There isn’t any public document of Matthew Bills working for any of these packages, and people packages have confirmed to SwimSwam that he by no means labored there.

Bills doesn’t but seem within the US Center for SafeSport Database.