Westfield PD: 2 individuals, including Miami C.O., arrested for stalking

WESTFIELD, Ind. –Two individuals, including a correctional officer from the Miami Correctional Facility, have been charged with several counts of stalking.

According a news release from the Westfield Police Department, officers responded to the 17400 block of Wheeler Road on May 31 on a report of a “suspicious person entering a business with a visible handgun on their waist.”

A caller, a person whom the department identified as the victim in this case, reportedly identified the individual as Caleb Matthys, a Greentown man and an acquaintance of Hunter Harrington, the ex-husband of the caller and a Cicero resident. The release said the victim reportedly had a no-contact order against Harrington after a recent domestic battery arrest.

According to officials with the Indiana State Personnel Department, Matthys is employed as a correctional officer at the Miami Correctional Facility,

The release said that responding officers located Matthys at a nearby business and took him into custody. Matthys reportedly told officers that Harrington had “dropped him off in the area and sent him into the victim’s workplace to confirm whether they were present.”

Officers with the Westfield Police Department reportedly located Harrington nearby, in a wooded area in the 17500 block of Westfield Business Park Court. After a chase, Harrington was then taken into custody.

Both Matthys and Harrington have been charged in Hamilton County on the following counts:

Matthys

1. One count of conspiracy to commit stalking when armed with a deadly weapon, a Level 4 felony
2. One count of aiding, inducing or causing an offense of stalking when armed with a deadly weapon, a Level 4 felony
3. One count of aiding, inducing or causing an offense of stalking when it violates the term of a no-contact order, a Level 5 felony
4. One count of conspiracy to commit stalking when it violates the term of a no-contact order, a Level 5 felony
5. One count of intimidation, a Level 5 felony

Harrington

1. One count of stalking committed when armed with a deadly weapon, a Level 4 felony
2. One count of stalking when it violates a no-contact order, a Level 5 felony
3. Three counts of invasion of privacy, each a Level 6 felony.

Officials with the Indiana State Personnel Department said that Matthys was placed on emergency suspension on Monday, pending the outcome of an investigation. Officials said that Matthys is “currently still under suspension.”

According to court documents, Matthys and Harrington’s pretrial conference is scheduled for July 29. A jury trial is scheduled for Dec. 2.