BEAN STATION – A Bean Station resident reportedly awoke from a nap Wednesday evening, May 10 to find a woman lying on the couch.
According to reports, Amanda Helton, 54, Bean Station, was standing on the front porch of the victim’s home when officers responded to a call of a suspicious person going through properties and attempting to enter cars and buildings.
The victim told officers their children were sleeping in the home when they found Helton lying on a couch inside the home. The victim said they had not given Helton permission to be inside the home. Officers reported finding no forced entry. The victim told officers the door had been closed, but wasn’t locked.
Helton was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and transported to the Grainger County Detention Center.