From Wabash County Sheriff Derek Morgan: On 01.23.25 Wabash County 911 received a call of a disturbance at 229 N. Main St. Bellmont. While the deputy was enroute the male aggressor fled the scene in a blue passenger car north on E 400 Rd. The deputy was able to locate the vehicle which was now east bound on Highway 15 driving erratically and at a high rate of speed. Once the deputy topped the hill, he observed a blue passenger car that had crashed just east of the intersection of Highway 15 and E 700 Rd. (Maud Rd.)  on the south side of the highway. 

As the deputy approached the crashed vehicle the male was actively kicking out the back window of the passenger car. Once he was out of the vehicle, the deputy made contact with the male, who was distraught, confrontational, and out of control, while smoking a cigarette. The deputy tried to speak with the man and he began taking his clothes off, and asked the deputy what branch he was with and threw his cigarette at the deputy. Officer from the Mt. Carmel Police Department arrived for assistance. The male would not comply with directions form law enforcement and began marching naked in the snow. A taser was deployed for the safety of everyone and he was taken into protective custody with no further incidents. 

The male continued to talk about Jesus, Donald Trump and nuclear war while threatening to take the police officers' guns and shoot them. The male was transported to Wabash General Hospital for a mental health evaluation.