James T. McCollom v. State of Indiana

── James T. McCollom v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01718 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: January 30, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Perry Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur In March 2024, M.S. and E.W. were best friends and lived near each other in Cannelton. At the time, the girls were fourteen and thirteen years old respectively. At some point, E.W. began communicating with McCollom via Snapchat. She asked McCollom, who was thirty-seven years old at the time, to obtain vapes for the girls. McCollom picked up M.S. near E.W.’s house a few times and bought them vapes from a gas station. M.S. did not pay for the vapes.