By MATT THACKER
The Clark County Sheriff’s Department is still looking for one individual suspected in an armed robbery, while court records show another fugitive made a court appearance last month.
In December 2006, Elizabeth Ann Vetter and two acquaintances allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint for Percocet pills at a White Castle alongside 10th Street 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.
She has been arrested and had a court hearing last month.
In addition to the Clark County Sheriff’s Most Wanted list this month, The Evening News is publishing a list of fugitives the Charlestown Police Department needs help finding.
Just because a person has been charged with a crime does not mean he or she is guilty. Many of the people on this list were arrested but failed to show up for court hearings.
Police recommend that residents never try to personally apprehend a suspect. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of William Kendall Smith (see profile below), 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).
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 of $3 alongside the 300 block of West Maple Street, 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.
Charlestown’s
Most Wanted
The following people are wanted by the Charlestown Police Department for felony offenses. If you have any information about the whereabouts of any of these fugitives, please call at 812-256-6345. Tips also can be submitted online at www.ctownpd.com/reporting.htm
Abraham Flores
• DATE OF BIRTH: May 3, 1975
• WANTED FOR: Class A felony child molesting, Clark Circuit Court
• SEX: Male
• RACE: Hispanic
• HAIR: Black
• EYES: Brown
• HEIGHT: 5 feet 6 inches
• WEIGHT: 190 pounds
Flores is excused of molesting an 11-year-old Charlestown girl in August 2006. Police believe Flores met with his brother in Clarksville and then made plans to flee the area, but they do not know where he may have gone, according to a probable-cause affidavit.
Louis R. Guzman
• DATE OF BIRTH: April 1, 1981
• WANTED FOR: Class D felony sexual battery, class A misdemeanor battery, class B misdemeanor public intoxication, Clark Superior Court No. 3
• SEX: Male
• RACE: Hispanic
• HAIR: Black
• EYES: Brown
• HEIGHT: 5 feet 1 inch
• WEIGHT: 125 pounds
• DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Tattoo of praying hands with cross and letter on left hand, scare on left side of forehead
Guzman is accused of grabbing a woman inappropriately and making sexual comments toward her. Guzman then allegedly threw a punch at another man, according to a police report.
Jeremy Ray Spear
• DATE OF BIRTH: Oct. 11, 1979
• WANTED FOR: Class C felony trafficking with an inmate and class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana, Clark Superior Court No. 2
• SEX: Male
• RACE: Caucasian
• HAIR: Blonde
• EYES: Blue
• HEIGHT: 5 feet 9 inches
• WEIGHT: 195 pounds
Spear allegedly brought three packs of cigarettes and marijuana into the Clark County Jail in February 2007 by concealing it in his rectum, according to a probable-cause affidavit. Spear had turned himself in on a previous warrant and allegedly sold the items to a confidential informant in the jail.
Chad W. Somerville
• DATE OF BIRTH: Sept. 16, 1981
• WANTED FOR: Class B felony burglary and class D felony theft, Clark Superior Court No. 1; three counts of criminal conversion, Clark Superior Court No. 3; theft Clark Superior Court No. 3
• SEX: Male
• RACE: Caucasian
• HAIR: Brown
• EYES: Hazel
• HEIGHT: 6 feet 4 inches
• WEIGHT: 175 pounds
• DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Tattoo of “R.K.S.” on right upper arm, tattoo of skull on bottom left leg
Somerville is accused of breaking into a home on the 100 block of Birch Drive in Charlestown in May 2002. He allegedly stole jewelry and electronic equipment which he later pawned, according to a probable-cause affidavit. He also was a suspect in a theft of a lawn mower and Weed Eater.
Charles R. Wilder Jr.
• DATE OF BIRTH: May 4, 1985
• WANTED FOR: Two counts of class D felony theft and three counts of class A misdemeanor check deception, Clark Superior Court No. 3
• SEX: Male
• RACE: Caucasian
• HAIR: Blonde
• EYES: Hazel
• HEIGHT: 5 feet 10 inches
• WEIGHT: 160 pounds
• DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Grateful Dead tattoo on right shoulder, tattoo of “Lynn” on right forearm
Wilder is accused of stealing checks from a house in New Albany and then using them to buy cigarettes, a drink and toilet paper in December 2005. Wilder went to Casey’s General Store in Charlestown on three occasions trying to pass the stolen checks, according to a police report.
Daniel Santiago
• DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 10, 1977
• WANTED FOR: Possession of cocaine, Clark Superior Court No. 2
• SEX: Male
• RACE: Hispanic
• HAIR: Brown
• EYES: Brown
• HEIGHT: 5 feet 8 inches
• WEIGHT: 145 pounds
• DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Clown tattoo on left forearm, “jealous envy” tattoo on right forearm, “king Shawn” tattoo on left chest.
