A Bloomfield man is accused of walking into a yard late at night with no reason to be there, then walking up onto a back porch and peering into a residence through a window.

Anthony Wayne Grubb Jr mug shot from earlier arrest in January

On Saturday, March 6, a Bloomfield resident, who lives on East Mechanic Street, called 911 and said on Friday night around 12:15 a.m., someone was standing on his back porch looking through the window on his back door. He had video of the incident.

Officer Blazier was dispatched and watched the video. He said it shows a young white man in a light-colored hoodie walking around the back yard, which was fenced. The subject then walked up to the back porch and was looking into the residence through the window on the back door. Officer Blazier recognized the subject as Anthony Wayne Grubb, Jr. The resident did not know Grubb.

Officer Blazier reported the video shows Grubb then walking off the porch in a slow, quiet manner in an attempt to avoid being heard. Grubb then opened the gate on the fence slowly and left the back yard. Grubb allegedly started to shut the gate but purposely did not so he didn’t make any noise. Grubb then walked around the back of the property and headed through a neighbor’s yard.

Officer Blazier had talked to Grubb earlier that same night and Grubb was wearing the same hoodie and sneakers as in the video. He said he could also see Grubb’s face in the video and could identify him.

Grubb was located and asked to go to the police department to talk about the incident. Grubb allegedly admitted he did cut through some yards the night before but said he didn’t look in any windows. He admitted he went through a couple of gates but said he did not walk on any back porch.

When Officer Blazier showed the video to him, Grubb admitted it was him in the video and said that he was just passing through.

Grubb was advised he had no reason to be in the fenced-in yard and that he was not allowed to be back on the property.

Grubb was recently charged with theft in another case pending in Greene County and he was convicted of burglary in 2015 in Monroe County.

A summons has been issued ordering Grubb to appear in Greene Superior Court in April for an initial hearing on a charge of criminal trespassing, a Class A misdemeanor.