EMT is criminally charged with grooming two teenage girls

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.

McCormick has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of grooming. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 5, 2025.

Separately, the Iowa Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services has issued an emergency order suspending McCormick’s EMT license, citing his arrest. The board alleges his “continued practice of emergency medical services constitutes an immediate danger to the public health, safety, and welfare.”

A hearing date on the suspension has yet to be scheduled.