A Valparaiso man has been charged with 23 felonies in connection with the molestation of a Chesterton boy which investigators say was actually committed at his behest—and recorded—by a Wanatah woman, the Indiana State Police said.

Ryan Schroeder, 26, has been charged in Porter County with aiding in child molestation, aiding in child exploitation, possession of child pornography, aiding in voyeurism, and aiding in theft, police said.

All told, Schroeder is facing five Class A felonies, each punishable by a term of 20 to 50 years; eight Class C felonies, each punishable by a term of two to eight years; and 10 Class D felonies, each punishable by a term of six months to three years.

The ISP’s original investigation began on Oct. 24, when an anonymous caller reported receiving, via e-mail, photographs and videos of a woman molesting a young boy, under the age of 5. That caller—who initially contacted the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Police and the Department of Social Services—identified the woman as Tara Tryon, 21, of Wanatah, and stated her belief that Tryon was residing in Valparaiso.

An ISP detective subsequently viewed the 39 images and two videos in question, confirmed that they showed Tryon committing “numerous acts of deviate conduct” on the boy, and was able to identify the boy as a Chesterton resident, police said.

Tryon was taken into custody at her Valparaiso residence on Oct. 27 and later charged with five counts of child molesting, a Class B felony punishable by a term of six to 20 years; and eight Class C felony counts.

The boy’s parents, after viewing cropped images, confirmed the setting in the photos and videos to be their son’s bedroom, police said, while also confirming that Tryon had baby-sat for them at their home in Chesterton.

Now police say that Schroeder, Tryon’s former boyfriend, “allegedly asked Tryon to do the molestation and also received photos of the child molestation on his cell phone.”

Schroeder is currently in the U.S. Navy and serving in Jacksonville, Fla., where the Naval Criminal Investigative Service took him into custody on Monday. He is being held at the Jacksonville County Jail and is awaiting extradition to Porter County.

Schroeder was not in the Navy at the time in question.