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Jacob Roberts
Two families have a face to match the person who ripped their families apart by allegedly killing their son and daughter.
Jacob Roberts, 24, was indicted on Friday, June 25 for murder in the cases of Dillon Carpenter and Madison Klups.
The indictment reads “On or about the 28th day of May, 2021, in Pendleton County, Kentucky,....committed the offense of Murder when with the intent to cause of death” of both Carpenter and Klups. “He caused the death by intentionally shooting them with a firearm.”
Roberts is presently in jail for pointing a firearm at a Boone County deputy and sergeant on Sunday, June 13. He was arrested by Cincinnati police on Friday, June 19.
According to a report by Fox19, Boone County deputies say they were originally dispatched around 4:15 a.m. on Sunday for a drug complaint in a parking lot of 196 Mary Grubbs Highway.
They found a man and woman inside the vehicle, and when deputies asked Roberts to get out, he pointed a gun toward one of the deputies as he was getting out.
The sheriff’s office says that the deputy turned the suspect’s hand away from his face as the deputy fell to the ground. The deputy sustained minor injuries.
Deputies say the suspect then pointed the gun toward a sergeant while he then fled on foot. He then led them on a short pursuit.
The suspect then got into another car at the scene. Deputies say the driver of that car then fled.
Roberts was then involved in a police chase which ended in Campbell County at the Newport Plaza Shopping Center.
The chase ensued after Kenton County Police attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle matching the description of the one that fled the first scene, according to KSP.
The suspect drove into the Newport parking lot, left the vehicle and shot at the officers, police say.
Officers fired a number of rounds, hitting and wounding the suspect, according to KSP.
He was then transported to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
KSP has not replied to numerous attempts by this paper to comment on the Carpenter/Klups case.
The Grand Jury indictment does indicate that a burglary was involved in the double murder.
It reads on the counts of Robbery and Burglary: “in the course of unlawfully taking or exercising control over movable property belonging to Dillion Carpenter, with the intent to deprive Dillon Carpenter thereof, he used or threatened the immediate use of physical force upon Dillon Carpenter with the intent to accomplish the theft.”
He was also indicted on charges of Theft by Unlawful Taking of a firearm and less than $500 as well as indicted on Persistent Felony Offender charges. His bail was set at $1,000.000.