JENNA SIMONE - 15 yo - Hamilton OH

Police are looking for a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing by her mother and may be with a 34-year-old ex-convict.



The teen has been missing since Tuesday.
Jenna Simone is described as 5-foot-2-inches tall and 140 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.Her
mother, Brenda Orlando, told Hamilton police that her daughter may be
with James Patrick Rogers.



He is described as 6-foot-two-inches and 185
pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.Rogers was convicted at
age 21 of aggravated burglary in 1996. Less than a year into his
sentence he was charged with escape and drug abuse. In 2002 he
convicted again with attempted escape from the Noble Correctional
Institution, about an hour and a half east of Columbus.Rogers was convicted of drug abuse again in 2004 and was caught with drugs while on probation for that crime.

Police believe the two are somewhere in the Hamilton area.

Anyone with information about the two should call the Hamilton Police Dispatch Center, 513-868-5811, ext. 2010.

According to our partners at The Hamilton Journal News, Hamilton Police
are no longer looking for James Rogers in connection with Jenna Simone.

Officers say 15 year old Jenna Simone of Hamilton left her home on Tuesday and never returned.

Jenna's
mother believes she may be with James Patrick Rogers, a 34 year old
white male. Police say they have located James Rogers and no longer
believe Simone is with the man.
Rogers has a lengthy criminal
history. He has three stints in the Ohio Department of Corrections
under his belt. Rogers was jailed for four years, from 1998 to 2002 for
escape and attempted aggravated burglary. He went back to jail
in January 2003 for attempted escape and attempted aggravated burglary,
but was released nine months later.

In 2005, Rogers spent
another year in prison on possession of drugs and attempted aggravated
burglary charges. And then in January of 2008, he was sent to prison
for attempted firearms in a motor vehicle, attempted failure to comply,
and aggravated burglary. He was just released on September 27th.

Butler
County records also show that Rogers has an open case for tampering
with evidence. He was released on his own recognizance in that case on
Wednesday.

Police are still searching for 15 year old Jenna Simone.
Simone is believed to be in the Hamilton area. Jenna is described as 5'2" tall 140 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information about Simone is urged to call the Hamilton Police Dispatch Center at (513) 868-5811 ext. 2010.

A Hamilton teen missing since Tuesday was found in the company of an
ex-convict who was initially identified as a person of interest.
Jenna Simone, 15, was found at 5 p.m. Sunday hiding in the attic of
a building on Goodman Avenue on the west side of Hamilton, police said.
She was arrested and charged with being a runaway and obstructing
official business.She was with James Rogers, 34, who has been
imprisoned multiple times. He was convicted at age 21 of aggravated
burglary in 1996. Less than a year into his sentence for that crime he
was charged with escape and drug abuse.Rogers was released from
the Warren Correctional Institution on Sept. 27, where he had been
serving time for charges that included aggravated burglary, according
to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.Hamilton
Police said earlier in the weekend that they were no longer looking for
Rogers in connection with Jenna. Police on Sunday confirmed that, but
could not say more and would not comment on the nature of the
relationship between Jenna and Rogers.Rogers was arrested and
charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is being
held in Butler County Jail pending a hearing in Hamilton Municipal
Court.

A missing Hamilton teenager and the convicted felon with whom she ran away will face charges in the incident.

15 year old Jenna Simone was found Sunday evening in the attic of a home
on Goodman Ave. in Hamilton, police said. She had been missing since
Tuesday, when she was last seen with 34 year old James Rogers. Rogers
was with Simone when she was found, and has been charged with
contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is now in the Butler
County Jail.

Simone is charged with being a runaway, obstruction of official business,
and refusing to comply with a peace officer.

Rogers has been in a state prison four times, was most recently released from
the Lebanon Prison in late September, and was on parole. He was serving
time for aggravated burglary and other offenses, according to state
records.