An Ellettsville man has been charged with a felony in Brown County after police say he entered a home looking for a woman he met on Snapchat.
On May 3, police responded Upper Schooner Road after a caller reported a man had come into their home through the back door and had left 10 minutes prior in a grey Mustang, the probable cause affidavit states.
When Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Colton Magner arrived, Deputy Andrew Eggebrecht was talking with a man and woman. Their 12-year-old daughter was also there, crying on the front porch.
The man — later identified as Aaron C. Jones, 32 — came to the home twice, according to victims’ statements.
The first time, he entered through the back door and asked for Angela. The family told him that an Angela did not live there and Jones then confirmed the address he had been given, which was the home’s address, according to the affidavit.
He left, then returned 10 to 20 minutes later where he was met in the driveway by the father. Jones then said he was looking for a person by a different name, which was the name of the 12-year-old girl. He said the woman he was looking for was 26 years old and he was 28.
He was told to never return to the home, the report said.
The girl denied knowing Jones, and the parents were unable to find anything relating to Jones on her phone. The parents said they did not know the man either.
Monroe County officers were able to locate Jones and placed him in custody. He was in the same clothing the parents had described him as wearing, according to the affidavit.
Jones said he knew the 26-year-old woman through Snapchat, but she had dark hair. The 12-year-old had light hair. Jones reported that the woman had told him to meet her at the home at the back door.
Jones was unable to log in to Snapchat to provide proof of the messages at the time. He said the first time he went to the home, he knocked on the back door and no one answered. He said “Hello” and no one answered, so he entered the home and was confronted by the parents, the affidavit states.
When he was told no one named Angela lived there, he apologized and left. After he left, the woman sent him a message telling him her real first name, which was the juvenile’s first name, and asked him to come back.
When he went back to the home, he was met by the father in the driveway. When he said he was looking for a woman with the same name of the juvenile, the father said that was his daughter’s name, that she was 12, and told Jones never to come back or he would kill him, the affidavit states.
Jones was booked into the jail. An investigation is ongoing for possible additional charges, the affidavit states. He was charged May 4 with residential entry, a Level 6 felony.
