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Reese trial set to commence Monday
About a month after one of his alleged accomplices was found guilty on all counts, an Indianapolis man is set to go to trial Tuesday for 13 felonies.
Paul Reese Jr., 29, will be the second man to stand trial for the April 2, 2017 invasion and robbery of the Madison Township home of Terry and Pat McCarter.
During the incident, four masked men held the McCarters at gunpoint for close to an hour while they ransacked their home. The men made off with prescriptions, checks, jewelry, a rifle, a handgun, a purse, wallet and cash and even the McCarters' Buick Rendezvous.
Additionally, one of the men struck Terry McCarter in the temple area with the butt of either a rifle or shotgun.
While Cherry was found guilty of all nine of the felonies he faced, the other three men -- Reese, 32-year-old Charles Maybaum and 20-year-old Daltyn Randolph -- face identical sets of 13 felonies.
The charges against Reese include Level 1 felony burglary, Level 2 felony burglary, Level 2 felony conspiracy to commit burglary, two Level 3 felony counts of armed robbery, Level 3 felony conspiracy to commit armed robbery, Level 3 felony criminal confinement, Level 5 felony burglary, Level 5 felony conspiracy to commit burglary, two counts of Level 6 felony theft, Level 6 felony auto theft and Level 6 felony conspiracy to commit theft.
If found guilty of all charges with sentences served consecutively, that's a maximum possible sentence of 186 years.
Trials against Maybaum and Randolph are scheduled for Aug. 6 and Aug. 20, respectively.
Those dates come after Cherry's Aug. 2 sentencing. It is unclear what effect a possible guilty verdict for Reese and a stiff penalty for Cherry would have on the proceedings in the final two cases.
The Reese trial is set to begin at 8 a.m. Monday with jury selection. It is unclear how many days the trial will take.
With Cherry's trial, proceedings began on Monday and continued until Wednesday, when recess was declared until the following Monday.
On the second Monday, the defense presented its case, followed by closing arguments.
The jury returned its unanimous guilty verdicts to all nine counts after three hours.
Reese is represented in the case by public defender Austin Malayer, while Putnam County Prosecutor Tim Bookwalter will present the state's case.
The web of burglaries extends beyond these four men and Putnam County, however.
Ashley Hillenburg, 23, Indianapolis, was also charged in the case with two counts of Level 5 felony corrupt business influence and Class A misdemeanor theft.
Hillenburg is alleged to have taken part after the fact, in that some of the items stolen from the residence were later recovered from an Indianapolis storage unit she and Reese shared.
According to court documents, Hillenburg and Reese had a child together and were dating at the time of the incident.
Additionally, Reese, Maybaum, Hillenburg and 24-year-old Emily Nicole Redmon were all charged with multiple felonies for their alleged role in a home invasion in northern Owen County that bears a striking resemblance to the McCarter incident.
Reese also has a pending case in Marion County for drug and handgun possession.