CLARKSVILLE A man will spend 40 years behind bars after being linked to a 2019 Clarksville home invasion by DNA evidence.<\/p>\n
Gareth Jones was sentenced Wednesday to four decades at the Indiana Department of Correction on a felony 1 burglary charge. He also received concurring sentences for related level two and level five felony charges.<\/p>\n
Jones was convicted on the charges earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The charges are from an incident that happened around Christmas in 2019, when an elderly Clarksville woman said Jones entered her home and viciously attacked her.<\/p>\n
The woman was 85 years old and said she was pulled from her recliner and pushed face down onto a concrete floor on Dec. 27, 2019. Her face was repeatedly bashed into the floor and she sustained multiple injuries including a broken wrist, ribs and a fractured orbital socket.<\/p>\n
Jones was charged with and convicted of stealing property from the woman as well.<\/p>\n
Although the incident happened in 2019, it took time and DNA evidence to link Jones to the crimes. He was arrested on a domestic battery charge in Floyd County nearly a year later and evidence from that crime scene tipped investigators off about the case out of Clark County.<\/p>\n
Clark County Deputy Prosecutor Tom Lowe said when Jones was arrested in Floyd County he was given a DNA swab.<\/p>\n
Here is a case that by doing (the DNA swab at arrest) he was able to get into the system and we were able to match him (to this case,) he said.<\/p>\n
The DNA from that swab matched a wallet that had been discarded in a dumpster near the victims home. It also matched clothing the victim was wearing at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n
Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull told the News and Tribune earlier that these types of home invasion cases are not common in Clark County.<\/p>\n
I would say it is rare for a home invasion to happen where someone is attacked and injured by someone they dont know, Mull said.<\/p>\n
Jones is still facing charges on the battery case in Floyd County. Court records indicate theres a hearing regarding a plea agreement in that case scheduled for Oct. 19.<\/p>\n
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