ANDERSON, Ind. — A former Madison County councilman, who has been wanted on a litany of child sex crimes, has finally been captured by police after being on the run for more than two years.

The Madison County Sheriff's Department announced on Tuesday that Steve Sumner was captured in Winchester, Kentucky, by U.S. Marshals. Sumner has been on the lam since 2023.

Sumner, once a Madison County Councilman and a former preacher, resigned from his council seat in May 2021 after charges were filed against him in December of 2020. Sumner faces 18 counts of child molestation after being accused of performing sex acts on a girl. Images and photos of the nude child were also uncovered on his phone, court documents revealed.

After fleeing Indiana in 2023, investigators previously alerted the public

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