Parke County In. – The Parke County Sheriff’s Office began receiving several reports of mail theft and check fraud from Sunday, August 28Ih thru Tuesday, August 30th. The victims in these initial reports were centered in the Raccoon Lake area. During the investigation, Deputies also discovered that an individual’s residence had been burglarized west of Rockville.

The individual whose home had been burglarized is confined to a nursing home and was unaware that his residence had been burglarized. Deputies were able to develop two suspects related to all these events on Tuesday the 30th. In the afternoon hours on Tuesday, August 30th, Parke County Deputies located the two suspects at the IGA Fountain Trust Bank in Rockville. Anthony Q.  McCleery, 37, of Rockville and Julie A. Anderson, 25, of Indianapolis were taken into custody. After the arrests, search warrants were executed related to the investigation at their Rockville residence and of their vehicle which was seized at the arrest location.

Deputies located items taken during the burglary including numerous firearms. Also located was a large amount of suspected stolen mail, suspected stolen checks, and suspected stolen packages and other items of evidence. Deputies are in the process of contacting individuals/victims whose items were located during the searches. This includes individuals in Parke, Vermillion, Clay, and Vigo Counties.

Both suspects are currently being held in the Parke County Jail on charges of Burglary, Fraud and Theft. McCleery is also being held on charges of Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon.

Additional charges are expected. The investigation is still ensuing, and evidence is still being processed.