On 7/10/2020, Mt. Carmel Police arrested two juveniles as well as Richard H. Perry III, age 43, all of Mt. Carmel for Possession of a Converted (Stolen) Vehicle.
Just after midnight on this date, MCPD received a report of a vehicle that had been stolen from a residence in the 200 block of East 13th Street. Shortly after that, an officer located the suspect vehicle below the Wabash River Bridge. The officer ordered the suspects to stop as they exited the vehicle, but they continued and fled on foot. Officers eventually located one of the juveniles who was taken into custody.
Later in the evening, officers received a report of the other two subjects being on a riverbank on the Wabash River. With the assistance of the Wabash County Water Rescue as well as other agencies, the other juvenile and Richard H. Perry were located and taken into custody.
All three subjects have been charged with the above-stated offense. The two juveniles were sent to a juvenile detention center while Perry was housed at the Wabash County Jail.
Additionally, one of the juveniles had been charged on 7/08/2020 for Aggravated Battery to a Peace Officer for spitting on and biting an MCPD officer who was handling an unrelated complaint.
This investigation is ongoing with Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services, assisting in evidence gathering from the vehicle.
