Nathan Shepherd
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Last updated on Monday, June 11, 2018
(FREETOWN) - Jackson County Police continue to search for a Bartholomew County man who fled following an attempted burglary this morning in Freetown.
Police are looking for 31-year-old Nathan Shepherd of Columbus.
Police responded to 3700 block of State Road 58 West at 8:13 a.m. after a report of two men seen attempting to break into a garage.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Carothers says officers located one of the suspects, 32-year-old Jerry Kinworthy of Columbus, hiding in the garage.
Shepherd fled from the garage into a wooded area and threatened to shoot at police as he ran.
Officers heard loud noises coming from the garage, but could not confirm whether it was gunshots.
"It might have just been items falling in the garage, Sheriff Carothers added. "There was no evidence to confirm whether either of the men were armed."
But officers treated the scene as if the men were armed. They requested armored vehicles from the Seymour Police Department and Indiana State Police to respond to the scene. Brownstown Police also responded to the scene.
Police were able to talk Kinworthy into surrendering four and a half hours later.
Kinworthy was arrested on charges of intimidation, burglary, criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. He is being held in the Jackson County Jail without bond.
Nathan Shepherd
Shepherd was last seen around 8:30 a.m. Monday wearing a camouflage shirt and pants. He is about 6 feet tall, thin build, with has dark hair and a dark-colored, thin beard.
Officers detained a man thought to be Shepherd just before 2 p.m. in the 11000 block of State Road 135 near the Jackson-Brown county line 4 miles away from the incident, but he turned out not to be Shepherd and was released.
Anyone with information about Shepherd's whereabouts is asked to all the Jackson County Sheriff's Department at 812-358-2141. Those calling can remain anonymous.
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