GREENFIELD — A Fishers man, who law enforcement say battered and sexually assaulted a woman living in the county, was found guilty of multiple crimes following a recent trial in Hancock County Circuit Court.
Akeenen Anton Lamar Hunt, 34, was found guilty on 15 criminal counts July 19 following a four-day jury trial. The guilty counts against Hunt included rape, kidnapping, intimidation, domestic battery and criminal recklessness.
Hunt was convicted following an investigation by the Greenfield Police Department into his actions on Dec. 13, 2023. That’s the day officials found an abandoned cell phone and multiple car parts in the parking lot of Little Ro’s Pub. Police were able to follow the car parts to two unoccupied vehicles parked on Melody Lane. Officers identified the vehicles as belonging to Hunt and the victim involved in the case. Police were then called to conduct a welfare check at the residence of a female who reached out to a third-party asking police to respond. The residence was home to the victim, and police spoke with her to confirm she was involved in the vehicle crash.
According to the investigation, Hunt and the victim had previously been in a relationship, and he was arrested for committing domestic violence. Though the two were together a few times and talked on the phone, the victim had moved to Texas to avoid Hunt. The victim was at her former residence in Hancock County on Dec. 12, 2023 when Hunt called the victim then kicked in the back door of her home in the early morning hours of Dec. 13, 2023. Hunt left the home while the victim hid and drove away then stopped at the Walmart on North State Street. Hunt found the victim and wrecked his car into hers repeatedly. After the last vehicle crash on Melody Lane, the victim began running on foot. Hunt followed her and forcibly took the victim to her house as he threatened and physically assaulted her. Upon returning to the victim’s residence, Hunt physically assaulted and raped the victim.
The case against Hunt was filed Dec. 19, 2023, following an investigation into Hunt’s actions. Local officials from the Hancock County Prosecutor’s Office noted the victim fled to Dubai to avoid testifying to the jury. The victim did phone-in to the trial but never testified.
Hunt was found guilty of invasion of privacy, leaving the scene of an accident with bodily injury, two counts of attempting to commit kidnapping while hijacking a vehicle, basic kidnapping, three counts of criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon, three counts of domestic battery in violation of a no-contact order, two counts of criminal confinement, intimidation with the threat to commit a forcible felony, and rape.
Hunt’s sentencing hearing is expected to be Aug. 6 in circuit court. Hunt also has two other cases pending against him in the county, including one where he’s facing over 100 invasion of privacy crimes against the victim. Both cases are currently set for trial in August.
