WILTON – A Chesterville man was arrested on a burglary charge last week, after police say he entered a Temple Road residence wearing latex gloves and carrying a hand gun.
Brett A. Roberts, 55 of Chesterville, was arrested on the charge of burglary, a Class B felony, as well as summonsed on misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and threatening display of a weapon. The charges stem from an incident that allegedly occurred at a Wilton residence at approximately 8:45 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 23.
According to an arrest affidavit filed by Officer Ethan Kyes, police were contacted by a Wilton resident of the Temple Road Wednesday afternoon, reporting that the resident’s son had woken up to find Roberts at the foot of his bed that morning. That 18-year-old told police that the man told him that his name was Brett and that he knew his mother. Roberts reportedly told the 18-year-old that he was owed $2,000 by the resident and that he intended to take items equal in value. The front door was unlocked from when another family member had left earlier that morning.
Roberts was reportedly wearing latex gloves; when asked by the 18-year-old why, Roberts reportedly claimed that he was a former EMT and wore them out of habit. Later in the conversation, Roberts said that he didn’t want to leave his fingerprints on anything in the residence.
At one point, according to the affidavit, the 18-year-old told Roberts he was lucky to not be cut with a knife. Roberts then produced a black 9mm pistol from the back of his waist band, telling the 18-year-old that “he shouldn’t bring a knife to a gun fight.”
“[The 18-year-old] was concerned that if he had agitated Brett [Roberts] that Brett [Roberts] would shoot him,” the affidavit reads. “[The 18-year-old] let Brett [Roberts] ramble on talking.” Later, the affidavit indicated that Roberts spent two hours talking to the 18-year-old.
Roberts reportedly told the 18-year-old not to tell his mother, admitting that he shouldn’t have been in the residence.
The resident told police that she had previously returned a trailer and several other items to Roberts. The two knew each other from when she had rented a house from Roberts in Chesterville a couple of years ago. She denied ever owing Roberts money or back rent and said that Roberts did not have permission to be in her residence.
Wilton police and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel went to Roberts’ house. He reportedly told police that he had gone to the Temple Road residence to take $2,000-worth of items. He reportedly admitted to entering the residence, meeting the 18-year-old and showing him the gun: a 9mm Sig Sauer P228 that police unloaded and then seized. Roberts told police that he had not expected anyone to have been home, according to the affidavit.
Roberts was then arrested on the burglary charge, with police issuing summonses on the lesser charges. Bail was later set at $1,000 cash, with conditions of release to include no use or possession of dangerous weapons and/or firearms, and no use of alcohol, illegal drugs or marijuana with random search and test for same.
Wow!!!! Very strange things happening around here. Slap his hands and let him go….
Must of gotten in depth with his issues….seeing it was 2 hour conversation. What a nightmare for the 18 year old to find a guy at the end of his bed wearing latex gloves!
Franklin County. The mecca for pot poeddlers and bungalow burglars!
@Doug have you been out of Franklin county ever? Bungalow burglars are in pretty low supply here as compared to the vast majority of the rest of the country. As for pot peddling, that’s called being a businessman nowadays.
$1000 bail for holding someone at gun point for two hours??? No biggy I guess
No charges for threatening with a deadly weapon?
@ Just Checking..Yeah, I thought the same thing..That’s crazy!
Bail set to cases around here is shameful. A rapist who help a woman against her will gets $500, this guy holds a poor teenager against his will at gunpoint and gets $1000… Really?!