Yesterday in Greene Superior Court, on his 58th birthday, a Bloomfield man was remanded to the custody of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department after a jury found him guilty of three counts of public nudity and two counts of public indecency. Terry J. Gilmore, a coach and businessman at the time of the incidents, was booked into the Greene County Jail at 2:05 p.m. He will be sentenced later this month.

Terry James Gilmore, August 12, 2021 booking photo, courtesy of Greene County Sheriff’s Department

Gilmore, who was accused of exposing himself and other inappropriate behavior at his business in Bloomfield, was 56 at the time of his arrest on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. His bond was set at $11,500 surety with ten percent cash allowed. He posted $1,150 and was released later the same day. He’s been out on bond while his case wound its way through the system.

Gilmore was charged with:

Three counts of public nudity, all Class B misdemeanors,
Two counts of public indecency, both Class A misdemeanors,
One count of child seduction, a Level 6 felony, and
One count of Sexual battery, a Level 6 felony.

Gilmore was under investigation by Detective Timothy Cummins of the Indiana State Police starting on August 5, 2019, when he was advised by ISP Sgt. Chris Fears of allegations from three families that Gilmore had exposed himself, masturbated and approached the young women while he was naked at his business.

According to the probable cause affidavit filed in this case, at the time of the alleged incidents, Gilmore was serving as a high school and junior high golf coach at a local school, but his employment had been terminated prior to the filing of the criminal case.

The incidents dated back to February, June and July, 2019, at times when the alleged victims were employed at Gilmore’s business. Numerous interviews were conducted with three alleged victims including one who was between 16 and 18 years of age at that time, parents and friends.

Gilmore was also interviewed at the Indiana State Police Post in Bloomington with his attorney present. According to a probable cause affidavit prepared by Det. Cummins, Gilmore said he did not believe the incidents happened and that the girls were not telling the truth, but he also said he struggled with memory loss due to a couple of earlier injuries. Gilmore allegedly said he had gotten heatstroke and could not remember anything for a three-day time period when one of the incidents allegedly occurred. Det. Cummins noted Gilmore did not seek medical treatment for heatstroke and there was no clinical or medical documentation of being diagnosed with memory loss.

In addition to Det. Cummins and Sgt. Fears, ISP Det. Stacy Brown, Det. Brian Smith and Bloomfield Deputy Marshal Jordan Allor (Allor now serves with the sheriff’s department) also assisted in the investigation.

According to Det. Cummins, when he spoke to Superintendent Jeff Gibboney of the Bloomfield School District on October 9, 2019, Gibboney said Gilmore had been employed at BSD as the high school and junior high golf coach. Gilmore was a lay coach who started in this position in July of 2017 then coached in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons and was going to coach the 2019-20 season. However, Gibboney advised the detective that he had terminated Gilmore as a coach on August 6, 2019, which was the day after Det. Cummins began his investigation. Det. Cummins noted that at the time of the alleged criminal incidents, Gilmore was employed by the Bloomfield School District as a coach and had authority over students.

As a result of the investigation, the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office filed a criminal case against Gilmore on October 15, 2019. Charges were approved and Greene Superior Court Judge Dena Martin ordered a warrant be issued the same day for Gilmore’s arrest.

Gilmore retained a defense attorney, Samuel Shapiro of Bloomington, to represent him.

The state was represented by Greene County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Keven McIntosh.

During the trial by jury this week, Gilmore was found not guilty of the two felony counts, but the jury did return verdicts of guilty on all misdemeanor counts.

Gilmore is being held without bond in Greene County Jail. He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 26.