Rural Bloomfield man wanted on two warrants

A rural Bloomfield man facing a new accusation of domestic battery in front of children is now wanted on two warrants for his arrest.

Sam Summerville

Samuel Edward Summerville, 29, was arrested back on October 28 in a case involving felony resisting law enforcement with a vehicle. He posted bond and was released, then last week a new criminal case was filed against him.

Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy David Elmore, the investigating officer in the new case, began his investigation last Wednesday, December 12, when he headed to Hasler Junction off State Road 58 to meet with a woman who had gone there with her children because, she said, her husband, Samuel Summerville, was allegedly destroying their house.

Deputy Elmore said when he arrived, she told him when she returned home after picking up one of the children from a school function, Summerville started yelling and breaking things. She said she told him she was going to call the police and he then picked her up and threw her on the couch, took her cell phone and smashed it so she couldn’t call 911. She said she attempted to leave with her three children but Summerville took her keys. When a member of Summerville’s family showed up, Summerville gave her keys back and she left, went to the gas station and called police.

Elmore also talked to two of the children who confirmed the woman’s story and said they saw Summerville pick their mother up and throw her, smash her phone and take her keys.

In a probable cause affidavit, Elmore notes that the woman was 5’ 4” and weighed approximately 125 pounds while Summerville was 6’ 2” and weighed approximately 230 pounds.

Elmore also noted the woman was crying and shaking while he was talking to her.

A criminal case was filed against Summerville the next day and last Thursday, December 13, a warrant was issued for his arrest on preliminary charges of domestic battery committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old, a Level 6 felony, and interference with the reporting of a crime, a Class A misdemeanor.

Then this Tuesday, December 18, another warrant for Summerville’s arrest was issued. In his earlier case involving resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, he was scheduled to appear in court on Monday afternoon, December 17, but he was a no show and the warrant was issued the next day.