Timothy Wilson
WHITE CO., Ill. - An ATV being stolen from a residence in Carmi and report of someone helping himself to water from an outside faucet got a young Crossville man arrested yesterday in White County.
Observant White Countians are on edge as two of the three jail escapees from Saturday's jailbreak are still at large. So many reports coming in are based on folks being concerned about happenings on their property, as reflected in the two reports sheriff's officials handled yesterday morning. The first came in at approximately 4:59 a.m., when dispatch received a call from Keaton Pollard, of North Elliott Street in Carmi, in reference to someone stealing his ATV. Pollard stated that someone had taken the four-wheeler from behind his grandfather's house, and that he could hear the ATV leaving town toward the west.
At approximately 6:17 a.m., dispatch receive a call from Marsha Humphrey at her location on the 1400 block of County Road 1950N, reporting that a white male subject with no shirt, short dark hair and a tattoo came to the back of their residence and was drinking out of the outside faucet. Her husband confronted the subject at which time the man went back into the woods toward the south of their residence. During this specific time, the sheriff's office was looking for two of the three who escaped, and the description given by Humphrey fit the description of one of the escapees (Zac Shock).
Sheriff Doug Maier was notified, and organized a search detail to respond to Humphrey's residence, this detail consisting of law enforcement from White County, Carmi, Norris City, the area Drug Task Force, and a K9 unit from Mt. Carmel police. An airplane for overhead surveillance was provided by Greg Brown. The pilot, Jim Sullivan, provided his time to pilot the aircraft. A search perimeter was established by Maier, and K9 search of the area complete. Maier and several of the team members began a search of the same perimeter intending to cover more portions of the search area, and a white male suspect was immediately located within a few yards of the back yard of the residence. The suspect, identified as Timothy Wilson, 21 of Crossville, was not one of the escapees, but was detained in reference to the suspicious activity at the Humphrey residence.
While setting up the search perimeter, Deputy Randy Graves located a blue ATV 4-wheeler on County Road 1500E just south of County Road 1950N. After further investigation, that ATV was identified as Keaton Pollard's ATV that was taken earlier that morning. Graves secured the vehicle and requested a tow truck to tow and secure the ATV.
Maier questioned Wilson about the ATV and Wilson admitted to stealing it from Pollard. Carmi Officer David Agee transported Wilson to the White County Jail to be processed for the theft. After Wilson was turned over to corrections officers, Agee located a cigarette lighter, a green glass pipe and a small baggie with a white crystal-like substance on the inside. That tested positive for meth. Wilson was subsequently charged with Theft Over $500, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of less than 10 grams of Meth.