Aunt, nephew face incest charges

An aunt-nephew pair faces preliminary incest charges after being discovered in a pickup truck in a semi-state of undress Wednesday morning.

While on patrol, a Bloomington police officer came across Jesse Pedro, 20, and Anniabell Scherill, 36, sitting in a black GMC Sierra at about 2:20 a.m. Wednesday in a parking lot on the west side of Cascades Park in Bloomington.

Both Scherill and Pedro’s pants were unfastened, Blooomigton Police Department Detective Sgt. John Kovach said.

Pedro reportedly told the officer his pants were pressing uncomfortably against his waist so he unfastened them.

When the officer initially approached the vehicle, he spotted a pipe stuffed with marijuana. Scherill admitted the paraphernalia and drugs belonged to her.

After further interviews at the scene with each of the family members, both admitted to having consensual sexual intercourse with one another, Kovach said. Both parties face preliminary felony incest charges and Scherill also faces possession charges.

She told the officer her and Pedro had been at their respective places of work prior to the incident and that she was undergoing marital issues at the time.

— Michael Majchrowicz