Brian Randy Vanauken v. State of Indiana

── Brian Randy Vanauken v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01573 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 19, 2024 Author: Judge Cale Bradford County of Origin: Wells Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Felix concur In December of 2020, forty-year-old Van Auken met thirteen-year-old D.M.1 on Grindr, an adult dating website. In an attempt to circumvent the age restrictions on Grindr, D.M. had indicated in his Grindr profile that he was nineteen years old. After communicating on Grindr, Van Auken and D.M. began communicating on Snapchat.2 Between December 20 and 26, 2020, Van Auken and D.M. engaged in sexually explicit conversations over Snapchat, during which Van Auken electronically solicited oral and anal sex from D.M. and offered to take D.M.