A woman, two men top Clark County’s most wanted list

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May 3, 2008

By STEPHANIE MOJICA The News and Tribune Sat May 03, 2008, 12:39 PM EDT

EDITOR’S NOTE: In cooperation with local law enforcement officials, The Evening News and The Tribune publishes a monthly print feature called “Most Wanted.” The online version of the file will be updated more often at newsandtribune.com. These are the same “most wanted” individuals as listed last month. The Clark County Sheriff’s Department asked that the same people be listed again.

On a monthly basis, The Evening News and The Tribune will run a list of people who are most wanted by local law enforcement agencies. However, just because someone appears on this list does not mean they have been found guilty of committing a crime. It means they are wanted for either questioning for an alleged crime or need to go through the trial process for an active warrant.

Police recommend that residents never try to personally apprehend a suspect. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of any of these individuals, they are asked to call Detective Randy R. Burton with the Clark County Sheriff’s Department at 812-283-4471 or 812-285-6338. If someone prefers to remain anonymous, they may leave a message at the department’s tip line, which is not traced, at 812-280-CCSO (2276).

Christopher Bryan Cook

DATE OF BIRTH: Sept. 28, 1977

ALIAS: Christopher Simms

WANTED FOR: Class C felony forgery, Clark Circuit Court

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 115 Bonnie Sloan Drive, New Albany

SEX: Male

RACE: Caucasian

HAIR: Blonde

EYES: Blue

HEIGHT: 5 feet 9 inches

WEIGHT: 180 pounds

Cook is accused of forging a stolen check to himself in the amount of $800, according to a probable-cause affidavit. The alleged crime happened in August 2001.

William Kendall Smith

DATE OF BIRTH: July 21, 1957

WANTED FOR: Class A felony robbery resulting in serious bodily injury in Clark Superior Court No. 1

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 420 Beckett St., Clarksville. Also listed as transient on warrant.

SEX: Male

RACE: Caucasian

HAIR: Brown

EYES: Blue

HEIGHT: 5 feet 10 inches

WEIGHT: 185 pounds

Smith is accused of robbing a male acquaintance alongside the 300 block of West Maple Street of $3, according to a probable-cause affidavit. Smith allegedly stabbed the man in his abdomen and upper left arm, records say. The alleged crime happened in July 2006.

Elizabeth Ann Vetter

DATE OF BIRTH: March 10, 1985

ALIAS(ES): None reported.

WANTED FOR: Armed robbery

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 814 Fulton St., Jeffersonville

SEX: Female

RACE: Caucasian

HAIR: Brown

EYES: Brown

HEIGHT: 5 feet 1 inch

WEIGHT: 185 pounds

Vetter and two acquaintances allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint for Percocet pills at a White Castle alongside Ind. 62 in Jeffersonville, according to a probable-cause affidavit. Jeffersonville Police Department officers found the gun purportedly used in the robbery in Vetter’s child’s pillow. The alleged crime happened in December 2006.

“These individuals are our Most Wanted because they committed felony offenses and are among the few we can’t locate,” Clark County Sheriff’s Department Maj. Chuck Adams said. “In the case of Miss Vetter, the crime is especially rare because she is a female.”