PRESS RELEASE
July 7, 2025
Sheriff Bobby Jones reports the arrest of an Ohio man on July 6, 2025 for Murder.
At approximately 1:28 am on July 6, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence located in the Garland Road section of Pulaski County after receiving information that someone had been shot. Following Deputies’ arrival, Thomas Wayne Dick, 35, of Aurora, Indiana, was found to have suffered a gunshot wound. Mr. Dick was later determined to be deceased at the scene.
Responding Deputies contacted the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division, who responded to the scene. As a result of evidence and information collected on July 6, Detective Ryan Jones charged Anthony Scott Emerson, 35, of Batavia, Ohio, with Murder.
Emerson had initially called Pulaski 911 Dispatch to report the shooting, informing 911 Dispatch that he had shot Mr. Dick during the course of an altercation with Mr. Dick.
Emerson was lodged at the Pulaski County Detention Center where he is currently being held on a $1,000,000 bond.
Det. Jones is continuing the investigation. Det. Jones was assisted in the initial investigation by Sergeant Alex Wesley, Deputies Evan Whitis, Ronnie Golden, Noah Dishman, and Jared Pierce, Deputy Coroners Keith Price and David Gross, Tateville Volunteer Fire Department, and Somerset/Pulaski EMS.
Sheriff Bobby Jones asks that if anyone has any information that may be helpful to this investigation to please contact the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office at 606-678-5145 or at the tip line at 606-679-8477.