Wanda English Burnett - Editor

Police say an alert citizen’s call has resulted in three Crawfordsville men being arrested on various charges. The incident occurred early last Saturday morning, December 16.

According to Sgt. Marvin Smith of the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department, the three men were arrested after someone saw two of them run from a closed business and jump into a red Camaro. The suspicious behavior alerted the citizen to get the license plate number and notice the direction the car went.

Armed with that information, Batesville police officers Jeff Davies and Steve Yorn located the vehicle and followed it. The officers along with Sgt. Smith stopped the vehicle at the Sunman exit. Two of the men in the vehicle were wanted out of Montgomery County on Felony Burglary warrants.

Mathew D. Sheets, 20, and Michael R. Kinirsky, 18, were arrested at the scene. Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found on them. Sgt. Smith also noted that a large amount of electronics, tattoo equipment, scales and other novelties were located in the vehicle. Later police would discover that the items had been stolen from a Crawfordsville shop in late November.

Sgt. Smith estimated the items found to be worth thousands of dollars.

Brandon K. Sheets, 20, the driver of the vehicle was also arrested at the scene and booked for possession of stolen property and possession of controlled substance.

Sgt. Smith noted that the unidentified caller’s assistance was a huge part of the apprehension of these suspects. “Police rely on tips from the public and through their assistance a lot of crimes are solved and criminals are found,” he concluded.

If you have any information involving crimes, you are urged to call the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department at 812-689-5555 or the Indiana State Police at 812-689-5000.