MADISON COUNTY, Ind. — A former Indiana councilman and pastor accused of child sex crimes has been apprehended in Kentucky, ending a more than two-year manhunt.

On Tuesday afternoon, investigators with Madison County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Marshals Service tracked a vehicle driven by Steven Sumner to Winchester, Kentucky.

Officers located the vehicle and arrested Sumner without incident. He was traveling alone at the time of his capture.

Sumner was arrested on felony warrants for 18 charges, including rape, child seduction, sexual misconduct with a child, and possession of child pornography. The charges stem from a criminal investigation initiated by Indiana State Police in August 2020.

Sumner, who was a Madison County councilman from 2018 to 2021 and a pastor at Lighthouse

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