Shooting co-defendant Pintor appears in court

Skyler Pintor

The co-defendant in a Feb. 24 robbery and shooting in Greencastle learned just how much time in prison he could be facing if convicted on all counts.

Appearing via video before Putnam Circuit Court Judge Matthew Headley, Skyler H. Pintor, 31, Fillmore, learned that the four charges against him could add up to more than 50 years in prison.

That estimate was provided by Chief Deputy Prosecutor Austin Malayer in noting the severity of the accusations against Pintor. These include Level 2 felony burglary with a deadly weapon, Level 3 felony robbery resulting in bodily injury, Level 5 felony criminal recklessness and Level 6 felony auto theft. The maximum penalties on these four charges adds up to nearly 55 years.

“Do those run consecutive?” Pintor pleaded at one point, the gravity of the situation seemingly becoming more real in that moment.

Pintor and Jon Luke McGuff, 26, Reelsville, are accused of forcing their way into a Judson Court apartment and getting into a physical altercation with Carlie Capps III. During the incident, shots were fired, one of which passed from Capps’ left clavicle area, through his neck and out the right side of his neck.

For his alleged role, McGuff faces the same charges as Pintor, as well as a Level 3 felony aggravated battery charge. McGuff made his initial appearance before Headley on Thursday.

These aren’t even the most serious charges facing McGuff, as he is also accused of murder in the May 11, 2023 shooting death of William Matherly of Cloverdale.

Matherly was killed in Brazil, where McGuff is set to return on Wednesday for a hearing to revoke his pre-trial release before Clay Superior Court Judge Robert Pell.

It was that court’s failure to set a speedy trial date for McGuff that resulted in his January release from jail in Clay County.

In the matter at hand, documents filed regarding Pintor’s arrest shed further light on how both he and McGuff were found and brought into police custody four days after the alleged crime.

Greencastle Police Department Det. Sgt. Matt Huffman reported that he was notified of the location of the stolen car on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 27, at which point it was impounded.

Huffman also received Pintor’s phone number that day and called him more than once to ask him to come in for an interview. While Huffman made contact initially, Pintor would never confirm his exact location nor agree to a time or place for the interview.

While the two suspects apparently visited Terre Haute in the aftermath of the shooting, they were both eventually located, at separate times, in the same trailer at the former Ottawa trailer park on Thursday.

One new detail that emerged from the probable cause affidavit in Pintor’s case was his report to police that McGuff dropped the gun on the way from the apartment to the car, trying to get Pintor to go back and retrieve it.

In the police report, Pintor also gave a bit of an explanation of the facial injuries that show clearly in his jail book-in photo. He said it was a “tussle” with McGuff “over something stupid, over something macho/bravado.”

Additionally, Pintor allegedly told police McGuff was planning a “suicide by cop,” further stating he was “facing 100 and some add years ... I ain’t going in like that.”

In the end, according to police, McGuff was taken in without incident.

In court on Monday, Pintor had a not-guilty plea entered on his behalf, but probably gave the prosecution more details than court-appointed attorney Todd Meyer would prefer.

“I never shot the weapon at all,” Pintor said. “That wasn’t me who fired the firearm.”

Malayer suggested the state stick to the State of Indiana bond schedule for a Level 2 felony of $30,000, cash only, calling it “an incident that almost resulted in the death of an individual. We believe he is a threat to our community.”

Headley ultimately set the bond at $30,000 cash.

“You are facing a significant time in prison,” Headley told Pintor. “You have public safety on edge, so to speak, because of this allegation.”

The next court date for Pintor is a pre-trial conference at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 2.