Man Charged With Breaking Into Woman's Apartment, Then Asking Her For Sex

A southwest Minneapolis man who told police that he broke into two apartments to check on the residents’ welfare because he wants to be a police officer is facing felony charges of burglary and criminal sexual conduct.

Kirk Warren Jones, 21, who lives in the 4400 block of Nicollet Avenue South, is charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, each of which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine, and one count of third-degree attempted criminal sexual conduct and one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, each of which has a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine.

Jones remains in the Hennepin County Jail on a $100,000 bond. He is also being held on outstanding Minneapolis warrants charging him with fleeing a peace officer and loitering with the intent to buy or sell narcotics. An omnibus hearing in his case is scheduled June 26 in Hennepin County District Court.

According to the criminal complaint, signed by Minneapolis Police Sgt. Brian Carlson, police were called to a pair of apartment burglaries in the 100 block of 19th Street East in Minneapolis on May 23.

A woman who lives in one of the apartments told police that she had gotten off a bus and was walking home when Jones approached her from behind and began making “rude and vulgar” remarks, including, “You’re looking sexy. I want to take you up to your apartment and tear you open. You don’t have to tell your boyfriend about it,” according to the complaint.

The woman rebuffed Jones, entered her apartment and shut the door behind her. Shortly afterward, she said, she heard a noise, looked up and saw Jones standing in front of her, asking her, “Do you want to [expletive]?”

The woman told police that she was able to push Jones out of her apartment.

Police also spoke to a man who lives in another apartment at the same address. He told officers that he was asleep, but woke up to find his underwear pulled down and Jones performing oral sex on him.

The victim told Jones to leave his apartment, and he left.

Both victims reported that they were missing personal belongings after Jones’ uninvited visits, including a camera and several computers.

When police arrested Jones, they found a camera and computers in his backpack, the complaint says. He told police that he had been inside the apartment complex and that he had knocked on both apartment doors, then went inside to check on the residents’ welfare because he wants to be a police officer, according to the complaint.