Indiana Resident Wanted By U.S. Marshals For 18 Counts of Child Molestation-Steven C. Sumner

Steven C. Sumner wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service -Mug Shot Taken January 6, 2025.

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Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown and Gray
Height: 6 feet tall
Weight: 215
ARMED and DANGEROUS
He is a former county councilman from Madison County, Indiana. and a preacher at a local church. The city is Anderson, Indiana. He has access to a support network to help him evade the law. His fugitive female associate is Sharon Bailey Wood Barker, blond hair, 5 ft 7, 125 pounds. She was born 5/11/1960. She works as an accountant for supermarkets and related industries.
 
Steven C. Sumner wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service -Mug Shot Taken January 6, 2025.

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Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown and Gray
Height: 6 feet tall
Weight: 215
ARMED and DANGEROUS
He is a former county councilman from Madison County, Indiana. and a preacher at a local church. The city is Anderson, Indiana. He has access to a support network to help him evade the law. His fugitive female associate is Sharon Bailey Wood Barker, blond hair, 5 ft 7, 125 pounds. She was born 5/11/1960. She works as an accountant for supermarkets and related industries.
a councilman and a preacher...

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Steven C. Sumner wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service -Mug Shot Taken January 6, 2025.

View attachment 23676

Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown and Gray
Height: 6 feet tall
Weight: 215
ARMED and DANGEROUS
He is a former county councilman from Madison County, Indiana. and a preacher at a local church. The city is Anderson, Indiana. He has access to a support network to help him evade the law. His fugitive female associate is Sharon Bailey Wood Barker, blond hair, 5 ft 7, 125 pounds. She was born 5/11/1960. She works as an accountant for supermarkets and related industries.
Well what happened between Monday and today? Did he escape custody?
 
Well what happened between Monday and today? Did he escape custody?
It is weird. You would think this story and the fact that the U.S. Marshals are looking for him and his accomplice would be front page news across Indiana. It isn't. Not even in the Indystar.The Anderson paper is subscribers only and you have to pay to read anything beyond the headlines. I am guessing, and it is just a guess, that he escaped, didn't show up for sentencing,or they went looking for him after being indicted and he wasn't there.

Hopefully the Marshals tipped off the Las Vegas police in NV. A lot of wanted criminals from around the nation flee to Vegas. The LVMP is very good at catching them. I took a criminology class years ago and one of the things the professor said was a lot of pedos flee to Florida because their laws regarding this sort of crime are very lax and not stringent enough. FL also has a number of SKs operating there.
 
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U.S. Marshals offers reward for wanted former Madison County councilman accused of child molestation​

The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $25,000 reward as they continue to look for a former Madison County councilman accused of 18 counts of child molestation.

This comes as the U.S. Marshals and Indiana State Police continue to search for 56-year-old Steven Sumner. Sumner, a former preacher of a local church, resigned from his seat on the Madison County Council in May 2021 after charges were filed against him in December 2020.

According to previous reports, Sumner is accused of performing sex acts on a girl and inappropriately touching her. Images and photos of a nude girl were also reportedly found on his phone. Sumner was previously thought to be in the Gaitlinburg, Tennessee area.

The U.S. Marshals Service states that Sumner is considered a “flight risk, suicidal and should be considered armed and dangerous.” They also state that Sumner reportedly has access to a “support network which could provide him money, transportation, fake identification and ways to support him.”
 

Private citizen puts up $25,000 reward for Madison County fugitive accused of child sex crimes​

Big money is being offered to catch a fugitive and former county councilman accused of child sex crimes.

And it turns out that $25,000 reward is being ponied up by a private citizen — not police or the U.S. Marshals.

Steven Sumner is at the top of Madison County's most wanted list, and law enforcement says cash may finally lead to his capture.


But days after announcing a reward, the U.S. Marshals say tips are rolling in.

"Any time you put that kind of money out there in a reward, it does generate a lot of tips and interest," Beeman said.

The cash incentive came from Dr. Katherine Callahan, an ordinary citizen.

And yes, that's rare.

"Very rare. In my 30 years, in my previous agency, the Marshals Service, I hadn't seen an individual put up that kind of money," Beeman said.

"He called me up and said, 'Katherine, is this for real?'" Callahan said. "And I said, 'It's very real.' And from there, that's when Sheriff Beeman took it to the U.S. Marshals and said, 'We need to move on this.'"

Callahan has no direct connection to Sumner's case, but she said he's been hiding for far too long and she wants justice for his alleged victims.

"And my biggest fear is, I have children. What if, for some reason, he's out there doing this to somebody else? I want him brought home. I want him tried in front of the people, and I want people to understand elected officials are not untouchable," Callahan said.
 
Possible sighting in Illinois Saturday evening, camera video being processed then will be turned over
 
Not sure how I missed this but first I've seen it. It doesn't mean anything at all but Anderson, In, is about 55K and that is where Suzanne Morphew's father and family lived/owned a root beer stand. Last I knew they still owned it. I'm not even HINTING there is any connection at all. It is just that I knew the name of the place--such a small world...

This man sounds like a total creep, not sure why this wasn't news earlier though...
 
Not sure how I missed this but first I've seen it. It doesn't mean anything at all but Anderson, In, is about 55K and that is where Suzanne Morphew's father and family lived/owned a root beer stand. Last I knew they still owned it. I'm not even HINTING there is any connection at all. It is just that I knew the name of the place--such a small world...

This man sounds like a total creep, not sure why this wasn't news earlier though...
I have put together information from a few fb groups and a company employee profile. All I will say is that a woman who worked at the root beer stand knew Sumner. Well, as far as the term "creep" we should gather more information/details before proclaiming a situation seems creepy. The Morphew family as far as I knew has no past or present connection to Sumner. The $64,000 question is - is that woman the one want for suspected aiding Sumner?
 
I have put together information from a few fb groups and a company employee profile. All I will say is that a woman who worked at the root beer stand knew Sumner. Well, as far as the term "creep" we should gather more information/details before proclaiming a situation seems creepy. The Morphew family as far as I knew has no past or present connection to Sumner. The $64,000 question is - is that woman the one want for suspected aiding Sumner?
I meant nothing about the Morphews and am surprised when you say a woman who worked there knew Sumner. I was more just commenting on how I knew the name of this town in IN because of that case. It is like Delphi. I never heard of Delphi, IN until that case. Most of us never hear of smaller towns in other states unless for some reason.

I call him a creep because at first glance he is wanted for child molestation no? He is wanted and missing no? I did not go into each link, perhaps I should.

In no way did I mean the Moorman family (it is her family not his) is connected to this guy. They are the victim's family, not the family of the perp in the Morphew case. Barry Morphew is the perp, well alleged perp. It isn't his family who lived here and ran the root beer stand, it was her dad and brother, etc. I consider them victims, all of them.
 
I meant nothing about the Morphews and am surprised when you say a woman who worked there knew Sumner. I was more just commenting on how I knew the name of this town in IN because of that case. It is like Delphi. I never heard of Delphi, IN until that case. Most of us never hear of smaller towns in other states unless for some reason.

I call him a creep because at first glance he is wanted for child molestation no? He is wanted and missing no? I did not go into each link, perhaps I should.

In no way did I mean the Moorman family (it is her family not his) is connected to this guy. They are the victim's family, not the family of the perp in the Morphew case. Barry Morphew is the perp, well alleged perp. It isn't his family who lived here and ran the root beer stand, it was her dad and brother, etc. I consider them victims, all of them.
Most mass shootings and other nationally-reported crimes happen in places only those who have been there heard of, like Uvalde.
 
well, the person above is gone now and I hadn't seen this post until now. It makes absolutely no sense to me but then the person was clearly a troll.

interesting that they actually talked in this thread but all the other threads were nothing but the naked picture lol.
 

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