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Man arrested for breaking into Mellencamp’s Indiana home

This Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 booking photo released by Monroe County Correctional Center shows Robert P. Carter, an Indianapolis man who was arrested after ramming his SUV through a security gate at the home of rocker John Mellencamp and kicking in a door. (Monroe County Correctional Center via AP)

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indianapolis man has been arrested after ramming his SUV through a security gate at the home of rocker John Mellencamp and kicking in a door.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department says 48-year-old Robert P. Carter was arrested about 6 a.m. Thursday by officers responding to an alarm at Mellencamp’s home outside Bloomington. No one was home at the time.

Carter told officers he was there to “arrest Mellencamp for supporting a government” Carter doesn’t support. He was charged with burglary, residential entry and criminal trespass.

Carter had been released from the Monroe County Jail after a court appearance Wednesday for having a handgun without a license. He also received a mental health evaluation.

Court records don’t list an attorney for Carter who can comment on his behalf.

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