Indiana court records indicate that a Chadwick Elliott Potter with the same birthdate as the suspect has had multiple run-ins with law enforcement dating back to 2006 for charges including theft and multiple DUIs. Potter said that he was homeless and would not be able to bond out of jail. Seiden also argued that Potter was a flight risk because he had been known to have lived in multiple other states, including Florida, Arizona, Tennessee, Indiana and Wisconsin. In arguing for the million-dollar bond, Deputy District Attorney Joshua Seiden said that police and witnesses had reported seeing Potter brandishing a hatchet and threatening people at around the time the homicide occurred he did not specify what time that was.
Potter appeared in court on Friday, where he was appointed defense attorney John Kerns and his bond was set at $1 million. Photo by: Montgomery County, Indiana, Sheriff’s OfficeĬhadwick Elliott Potter in January of 2020. Police said that Sullivan had suffered traumatic injuries after being struck with a blunt object, and McCabe said she did not know if Sullivan and Potter knew each other.
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McCabe said that Potter did not have a Lawrence address on file but had an Indiana driver’s license when he was arrested. Sullivan’s body was found on the south end of the Kansas River Bridge less than a quarter mile from the city-sanctioned campsite for the homeless however, Laura McCabe, a spokesperson for the City of Lawrence, told the Journal-World that neither man was registered as living at the site. Potter was apprehended behind a building near 19th and Massachusetts streets Thursday evening, as the Journal-World reported. Wednesday in the bushes on the northwest corner of the intersection of Sixth and Vermont streets. Sullivan’s body was found around 10:45 a.m. The charge is in connection with the death of David Blaine Sullivan, 62, of Lawrence. The man, Chadwick Elliott Potter, 34, was originally charged with one count of first-degree murder but is now charged with one count of second-degree murder instead, according to an amended complaint filed Friday in Douglas County District Court. Friday, July 14:Īn Indiana man has been formally charged with murder in connection with a body found near downtown Lawrence, and records indicate that he has had multiple encounters with law enforcement over the years. Photo by: Mugshot courtesy of Montgomery County, Indiana, Sheriff's OfficeĬhadwick Elliott Potter is pictured with the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center
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