A Scioto County grand jury has indicted a Chillicothe man on six felony counts, including three counts of rape, in a case alleging sexual offenses against a 9-year-old girl in May 2026. The man was arrested in Chillicothe on Sunday night and is being held for Scioto County authorities.
Aaron A. Stanley, 40, of Chillicothe, was indicted on October 26, 2026, in Scioto County Common Pleas Court, according to court records. The indictment charges three counts of rape, one count of kidnapping, one count of endangering children and one count of gross sexual imposition. The rape and kidnapping counts are first-degree felonies. An arrest warrant was issued after the indictment.
Ross County Jail records show Stanley was booked into the jail on Monday, November 9, 2026, and is held on an additional hold for the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, listed as awaiting transfer with no bond. The jail record also lists two charges from the Chillicothe arrest: obstructing official business, with a $10,000 cash or surety bond, and resisting arrest, with bond listed as concurrent.
Chillicothe police took Stanley into custody on Sunday, November 8, after officers went to a residence on Columbus Street to serve the Scioto County warrant, according to Chillicothe Police Department reports. Police reports say officers found Stanley on the roof of the residence after he went through the attic, and that officers used Tasers to take him into custody after he refused repeated commands to surrender. The department’s daily media log records the arrest at 10:20 p.m. on Columbus Street as a warrant arrest with obstructing official business and resisting arrest charges.
Police reports say Stanley was taken to Adena Regional Medical Center, where a Taser probe was removed, and was then cleared and taken to the Ross County Jail. Police reports also say officers found a small baggie containing a crystal-like substance in his pocket that he identified as methamphetamine, and department records list a suspected drug possession offense from the arrest. The substance claim rests on the police reports; no drug charge appears on the jail booking record.
The Scioto County case remains pending, and Stanley remains in the Ross County Jail awaiting transfer to Scioto County. He has not yet been arraigned in Scioto County Common Pleas Court.
All charges are allegations. An indictment is not a conviction, and Stanley is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty in a court of law.
WATCH: A Scioto County grand jury indicts a Chillicothe man in a case involving a 9-year-old — our full report is in the video below.
