INDIANOLA, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) – A state-licensed EMT from Indianola is facing two felony charges of grooming minors to commit an unlawful act of a sexual nature.
Police allege that in October 2024, 37-year-old Jeremy Dean McCormick of Indianola took a 15-year-old female and a 16-year-old female on a shopping trip to eastern Iowa. He allegedly took the two teens to a Victoria’s Secret store, where he purchased underwear for both of the girls.
Prior to that incident, police say, one of the two teens had previously gone to a Victoria’s Secret store with McCormick where he purchased underwear for her. According to police, the girl alleged McCormick knew she was a minor and that after both shopping trips, he asked her to send him photos of her in the underwear he had purchased for her…