A former Indiana State Police Officer has been arrested on allegations of improper conduct with a minor. Capt. David Bursten, ISP spokesman, says that 54-year-old Jack R. Hewitt, of Greensburg, was arrested Thursday afternoon at the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department. Bursten says the arrest was the result of a state police investigation.

Bursten says that Indiana State Police personnel were notified of the allegations against Hewitt by another law enforcement officer on August 9th of this year. As a result of the allegations, a state police criminal investigation began on the same day and Hewitt was immediately placed on paid administrative leave. Specifics of the allegations have not been released.

Bursten says that Hewitt resigned from the force on the same day as his arrest. He is being held at the Decatur County Jail on preliminary charges of Sexual Battery, a Level 6 felony, and Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, a Level 5 felony. Hewitt was with ISP since December of 1998 and officials say that he did not have any prior disciplinary history with the department.