Courts: Joseph Guy missing again

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (The Shelbyville News) - Joseph Guy is missing again and a warrant is out for his arrest, according to our newgathering partners at The Shelbyville News .

The Shelbyville man has run afoul of the law since felony charges last year and police continued to investigate his case. In a recent interview he said that the very justice system he and his family used to embrace has turned on him.

Guy received media attention last May when, while he was on house arrest for a stalking charge in Indianapolis, he staged a crime scene at his Shelbyville home and fled to Florida with his parents and young nephew. Guy is still awaiting trial for that escape charge in Shelby County.

In September he pleaded guilty of the stalking charge and sentenced to prison time then probation. He served some jail time and was on a new period of house arrest this month.

Last week Marion County Sheriff's Department deputies arrived at the home of Guy's parents, 724 Fifth St., where he had been staying. He wasn't there, and deputies spoke with his mother. His Facebook page is closed and his previous email address didn't work this week.

A bench warrant has been issued for Guy's arrest in the stalking charge, according to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office.

In a recent interview, Guy said the first escape was because he was scared. He said the stalking charge was "bogus," and that he had been investigating his suspected victim because he thought the individual was conducting illegal activity.

"That was the sole reason I was watching him," Guy said. "I don't believe it was stalking."

The victim in the stalking case was threatening him, he said. He never had a relationship with the man, as had been reported in some media at the time, and he's not gay, he said.

"I find that very offensive," Guy said.

He said he didn't deserve the stalking charge -- he was simply doing the right thing.

"Back then, we were naive to the system," he said.

At the time, Guy hoped to be a police officer. His family has a history of working in law enforcement -- his grandfather was a Georgia prison guard and his father considered becoming a Georgia state trooper before becoming a minister. His brother is in the military, he said.

Before the stalking charge, he had never even got a speeding ticket, he said.

The media, he said, have never reported some of the good things he did. He claims he helped saved a man who had been run over and that he had stopped fights while working security at an Ivy Tech Community College campus.

After he was released from the Shelby County Jail in January, he said he worked for a company called Blackwater Security, doing background searches, investigations on corporate fraud and basic intelligence.

He claimed to have written a book during his time in jail called "Fallen Justice," which recounts what he said is the twisted way the system accused him of a crime.

"The biggest portion of the book is about America's justice system," he said. "I don't think the police did the full job."

The publisher is Publish America, which didn't return a call Friday.

"My main goal," Guy said, "is to get my life back on track, as it was abruptly stopped."