NORTH VERNON — A Seymour man has been charged with murder, accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in Dearborn County on Thursday, August 14. The Dearborn County Prosecutor’s Office accused Brent D. Wellman, 33, of murder, resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, and a firearms enhancement.
The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Dennis W. Adams Jr., of Erlanger, Ky.
According to police, the incident began on Wednesday at the home of Wellman’s former girlfriend in North Vernon. The woman and Adams were at her house when they heard a loud noise as if someone was breaking in, but they found nothing. Adams left for work at 4:45 a.m. Thursday.
At about 5:42 a.m., Dearborn County emergency dispatchers received a report of shots fired on U.S. 50. A second caller reported seeing a vehicle stopped on the highway with a man behind the wheel covered in blood. The caller said a second man climbed from the back seat to the front and drove away…