JACKSON TWP. — Three people from the Indianapolis and Beech Grove areas face felony burglary charges in Brown County after a deputy reported finding them at an abandoned house on Morrison Road.
On Sept. 26 at around 10 a.m., Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Eggebrecht was responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Morrison Road and Echo Lake Lane when he saw a brown SUV at a home in the 4700 block of Morrison Road. Eggebrecht wrote in the probable-cause affidavit that the department had received complaints about a brown SUV in the area.
The SUV was backed up to the home. The home had been vacant and was recently vandalized, according to the affidavit.
When Eggebrecht approached the home, he saw one woman walk from the front porch. The door to the front porch and the home were both standing open. Eggebrecht had conducted a security check on the home weeks prior and the inside door was secure at that time, according to the affidavit.
Jesse J. Grabarczyk, 48, of Beech Grove, was outside and he told Eggebrecht that he and his girlfriend were “checking the place out,” the report said. Eggebrecht placed Grabarczyk in cuffs.
He found Tiffany A. Alexander, 38, of Beech Grove and Gregory Wilkerson, 41, of Indianapolis standing along the back wall of the house. While he was being patted down for weapons, Wilkerson told Eggebrecht he had been in the house, but didn’t take anything.
Alexander initially gave police a fake name and birthdate. It was discovered that Grabarczyk and Alexander both had warrants out of Marion County, the report said. A backpack was found outside that had illegal items in plain view, along with a pile of items police believed came from the home.
Grabarczyk told police he dropped Alexander and Wilkerson off at the home to check it out and look for keys. He said he never went in the home or saw anyone put anything in the vehicle, the affidavit states.
In the vehicle, police found a generator with no readable serial numbers; a drill; checks belonging to someone else; a prescription bottle from an animal clinic; and a prescription bottle containing various pills with a scratched off label.
Other items in the vehicle included a purse containing a folder from a volunteer fire department in the county; a backpack containing coloring books, markers, and a stack of charge cards that had other people’s names on them; a syringe loaded with a dark liquid; and a lock pick.
Police were able to identify several items that belonged to the most recent residents of the home.
In the backpack that was found in the area, police reported finding one gram of methamphetamine; a syringe; a pry bar; a black box containing tools; a flashlight; and other miscellaneous personal items, the affidavit states.
Alexander said the group went to the house to look around and that the doors were open when they arrived. She said she and Grabarczyk went in, but she did not take anything and only walked through it.
She initially denied owning the backpack that was found outside, but then admitted it was hers. She said the contents also were hers, but that Grabarczyk put the methamphetamine and syringe inside.
Detective Paul Henderson tried to make contact with the person listed on the checks that were found, but that person had passed away. As of Sept. 26, police were unable to determine if the charge cards found had been stolen, the report said.
On Sept. 27, Wilkerson, Grabarczyk and Alexander were all charged with burglary, a Level 4 felony. Grabarczyk was also charged with unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony.
In addition, Alexander was also charged with possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony; unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony; and false informing, a Class B misdemeanor.
