Two individuals were arrested for trespassing and residential entry last Friday morning. Deputies found them staying in a home without permission while the homeowners were out-of-state due to a family emergency.

Christopher Morris Manning, 47, and Linda Rene Jordan, 52, both of Bloomfield, were arrested by Deputy Davis Aerne of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department last Friday night, September 4.

Around 8:30 p.m. last Friday, a caller told dispatch he was watching a residence on East McCullough Lane while the residents were out-of-state and that Manning and Jordan were inside the residence.

Deputy Aerne, the investigating officer, responded along with Deputies Jordan Allor and Michael Stanley.

When the deputies arrived, they talked to the caller who said one of the homeowners was a family member and that no one was supposed to be at the home. They also talked to a neighbor who lives across the road who also said no one was supposed to be there but that she was taking care of the homeowners’ dog while they were out-of-state.

When the deputies knocked on the door and talked to Manning and Jordan, Manning allegedly said he was there to take care of the dog. Jordan allegedly said a homeowner was her sister and that her sister had asked her to take care of the dog and watch the house while they were out-of-state.

Deputy Allor asked Jordan to call her sister but Jordan said she didn’t have her sister’s phone number. However, the neighbor across the street did and she called the sister who said she and her husband were in Illinois due to a death in the family and that no one is supposed to be at their home. She said a door was left unlocked so the neighbor across the road could go inside and take care of the dog. She said the neighbor had permission to take care of the dog.

The two were allowed to gather their three bags of belongings, were taken into custody and transported to the Greene County Jail. They were booked in between 10-11 p.m.

In both cases, their bond was set at $5,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed.

Both Manning and Jordan appeared in Greene Superior Court this morning, Thursday, September 10, and both were charged with residential entry – breaking and entering a dwelling, a Level 6 felony, and criminal trespassing, a Class A misdemeanor.