CHILLICOTHE — A man wanted in Scioto County on rape and kidnapping charges was taken into custody late Sunday night after Chillicothe police chased him through an attic and onto a rooftop, where officers used a drone and Tasers to end the standoff, according to Chillicothe Police Department reports cited by the Scioto Post.
Aaron A. Stanley, 40, was apprehended at a residence on Columbus Street after attempting to evade law enforcement by fleeing into an attic and scaling the building’s roof, the Scioto Post reported, citing Chillicothe police supplement reports. Officers arrived at 911 Columbus St. around 11:11 p.m. on November 8 to execute an active felony arrest warrant issued through Scioto County.
Court records show Stanley was indicted on October 26, 2026, in Scioto County Common Pleas Court on six felony counts — three counts of rape, one count of kidnapping, one count of endangering children, and one count of gross sexual imposition — with the rape and kidnapping charges carrying first-degree felony status, according to reporting on the Chillicothe police reports and court records. An arrest warrant was issued following the indictment. The charges are allegations, and Stanley is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
Inside the home — which the homeowner permitted officers to enter, advising that Stanley was inside and that he did not know whether Stanley was armed — officers established a perimeter and launched a department drone to provide real-time aerial surveillance while officers entered the attic, according to the police reports cited by the Scioto Post. Stanley had climbed through a small window onto the steep exterior roof and moved between the main roof and a lower porch overhang looking for an escape route, the reports said.
Officers who followed him onto the roof ordered him to surrender; a first Taser deployment from an officer on the ground struck him in the chest and leg, but he pulled the probes out and kept moving, according to the police reports. A second Taser strike immobilized him, and he was handcuffed on the porch roof and lowered to officers on the ground. During a post-arrest search, officers reported finding a plastic baggie that Stanley, after being advised of his rights, said contained methamphetamine, the Scioto Post reported, citing the police reports.
Stanley was evaluated by emergency medical personnel and transported to Adena Regional Medical Center for treatment related to a Taser barb before being booked into the Ross County Jail on the Scioto County felony warrant and new local charges of obstructing official business and resisting arrest, according to the police reports.
What happens next is the Scioto County case itself: Stanley remains held on the warrant while the indictment — the rape, kidnapping, endangering children and gross sexual imposition counts — proceeds in Scioto County Common Pleas Court, where he will answer the charges. NewsForce247 will follow the case as court dates are set.