Staff Reports
JENNINGS COUNTY
Three Jennings County residents were arrested on felony neglect of a dependent and criminal confinement charges after a seven-month investigation by the detectives with the Indiana State Police at Versailles.
The investigation by Detective Andrew Mitchell began in February, when state police received information a 22-year-old female under the guardianship of John E. Staples, 54, and Rose-Kathryn F. Staples, 54, had allegedly been physically harmed and confined inside of their Butlerville, home while in their custody in 2019 and early 2020.
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The investigation additionally determined the victim had also allegedly been neglected and confined to a straitjacket by her caretaker Trudy N. Henry, 47, North Vernon.
At the close of the investigation, the case was filed with the Jennings County Prosecutor’s Office. As a result, John Staples was arrested and charged with one count of neglect of a dependent, a Level 5 felony. Rose-Kathryn Staples was arrested and charged with one count of neglect of a dependent, a Level 5 felony and one count of criminal confinement, a Level 6 felony. Trudy Henry was arrested and charged with one count of criminal confinement, a Level 5 felony, and one count of neglect of a dependent, a Level 5 felony.
All three were taken into custody and incarcerated at the Jennings County Jail in North Vernon.
They will soon make an initial appearance in the Jennings County Circuit Court.