Indiana Camp Director Accused of Sex with Boy

(Columbia City, Indiana) The 38-year-old director at Camp Whitley, Tara Brandon, was arrested Thursday for allegedly engaging in sex multiple times with a boy under the age of 18.

Brandon faces charges of sexual misconduct and child seduction.

The boy told police he and Brandon engaged in sexual contact 10-15 times over the summer of 2007, and 8-10 times over the summer of 2008 - though “rarely” at the camp and “never when campers were at the camp,” wrote Charles Vogely, a detective with the Whitley County Sheriff's Department, in the affidavit.

Police then interviewed another Camp Whitley counselor, who told police he witnessed what he thought to be a sexual relationship between Brandon and the boy earlier this year, according to the affidavit.

Brandon was booked into custody at the Whitley County Jail and released this morning on $50,000 bond.