Jessica Mullins, 35, Indianapolis
HANCOCK COUNTY — An Indianapolis woman is facing several felony crimes associated with burglary and theft incidents that officials say happened in late September.
Jessica Mullins, 35, 900 block of North Pershing Avenue, is facing a Level 4 felony count of burglary, four different Level 6 felony crimes associated with theft and a Class B misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief from incidents on Sept. 29. The Level 4 felony can carry anywhere from two to 12 years in prison while the Level 6 crimes normally carry anywhere from six months to two and a half years in prison.
Mullins, who has been in the Hancock County Jail since the day of the incidents, had an initial hearing in Hancock County Circuit Court with Judge Scott Sirk late Thursday afternoon. Sirk appointed a public defender and set a $7,500 cash bond subject to a no contact order, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, officials from the Greenfield Police Department were dispatched at 5 p.m. Sept. 29 to Sawdust Trail for a burglary in progress. Officials were told someone was inside a residence without permission and, while en route, the person left the residence on foot wearing a red shirt. One of the police officers then advised he had a suspect in custody at the intersection of Longleaf Lane and Sawdust Trail.
The suspect identified herself as Mullins, officials noted in the report. Mullins was carrying a brown wallet and a BB gun that was later tied to a burglary report an officer had taken earlier in the day.
The affidavit stated Mullins was also carrying six articles of mail addressed to the home on Sawdust Trail and when asked if she broke into a different home on West 5th Street, Mullins replied “yes” and noted she entered the home through a bathroom window. Mullins then told officials she took a wallet, a BB gun and a large hunting knife.
Mullins, the affidavit stated, told police “she was a thief and that’s what she does” and she then admitted to entering the residence on Sawdust Trail without permission where she took the mail.
The victim at Sawdust Trial told officials she was in bed when she heard a noise and then her dogs barking so she got out of bed and saw Mullins in her residence letting the dogs outside. The victim immediately called 911 causing Mullins to leave.
Mullins was also connected to a vehicle break-in, in the 800 block of S. State Street, Greenfield. Officials noted in the affidavit that Mullins had gotten stuck inside a truck she got into and ended up breaking a window in the truck to get out after taking some money from inside of it, police said. Mullins told officials she was starving and wanted to kill herself so she got into the truck. However, she found the money and got out and ended up using the money ($200) to buy food, the affidavit said.
Mullins has a pretrial conference set for mid-November.
