A 21-year-old Indiana woman has confessed to plotting the armed robbery of a former politician she met on a 'sugar daddy' dating website after allegedly growing tired of his sexual advances and finding a new boyfriend.
Cheyenne Poole, speaking to reporters from the Marion County Jail, said that after spending about four months with former Marion politician and city auditor Curtis Coonrod, 58, she wanted out - but without hurting his feelings.
'He wanted kissing and feeling, and that was something that did not interest me at all,' Poole told the Indy Star on Wednesday. 'But I never wanted to tell him that, just because I didn’t want him to be angry.'
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Scammed: Authorizes say Cheyenne Poole, 21, has admitted to plotting to rob former Marion politician and auditor Curtis Coonrod, 58, after meeting him on a dating website called Sugardaddie.com
Aided: Poole said that after released from jail in January she had difficultly finding a job and making ends meet connecting her to Coonrad who paid for her apartment, clothes and cell phone
Never going back: In January Poole posted this Facebook update vowing to never go back
Poole says the former politician had been supporting her financially since meeting him on a website called Sugardaddie.com that advertises itself as connecting 'attractive, wealthy and desirable people.'
She had just been released from jail in January and was struggling to find a job and make ends meet, she said.
'I just got out of Marion County Jail im free finally and never going back,' she wrote on her Facebook page on January 12.
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That's where Coonrod came in, paying for her apartment, clothing and her cell phone bill she said.
Despite this, both say they were never physical though Poole told the Indy Star: 'he always said he should be my number-one priority.'
'I don’t think it’s appropriate to talk about what we may or may not have done,' Coonrod told the Indy Star of their physical relationship. 'But I certainly never got the impression that we did anything that made her feel uncomfortable.'
Connection: The website, pictured, advertises itself for connecting attractive, wealthy and desirable people with one another
Overwhelming: Poole said her relationship with Coonrod gradually became too much for her after he wanted to hang out two to three times a week
Big plans: Poole's Facebook page documented her frustration over the last few months while, as seen here nine days before her planned heist, eagerly looking forward to getting out of Indiana
As far as the website goes, Coonrod told the paper: 'I've heard of that site and I've seen it ... So I just don't remember if that's where I met her. But she says it was, so I'm not disputing that.'
Their relationship gradually became too much for Poole, who complained to the paper of him wanting to hang out two to three times a week.
'It was overwhelming for me,' she said.
On Friday evening Coonrod accepted Poole's invitation of dinner in her apartment when a man wearing a scarf burst through the front door brandishing a gun - a recount both admit to.
According to the police report the man, later identified as 24-year-old Ralph Lopez, said: 'I don't know you. I don't care about you. I will kill you.'
He then proceeded to duct tape Coonrad to a chair while holding a gun to his head before appearing to force Poole to go with him to an ATM with Coonrad's bank card, according to police.
After wiggling free, Coonrad flagged down an officer saying a man had robbed him at gunpoint and kidnapped his girlfriend, the IndyChannel reports. He said the gunman took off with Poole in his stolen car.
At this point Poole says she thought she was home free.
Heist: On Friday Coonrad accepted Poole's invitation for dinner at her apartment (pictured) he was paying for when a man wearing a bandana stormed in and duct taped him to a chair at gunpoint
Nabbed: Poole and Ralph Lopez, 24, are both charged with robbery, criminal confinement and auto theft
She was driving Coonrad's car with Lopez in the passenger seat when she noticed a squad car following behind them. Police said they tracked her to the location by her cell phone.
To confirm her suspicions of being followed, Poole says she pulled into a White Castle parking lot, to see if the officer’s vehicle would mirror her move.
It did.
The officer's lights turned on causing Coonrad to floor it, taking police on a high-speed chase through several red lights before blowing out a tire by advancing police forces.
Poole was arrested while carrying $860 in her bra, according to police. Lopez had $864 in his wallet.
She said she planned to take the money and flee the state, to anywhere, not caring exactly where.
Coonrad isn't convinced she's telling the truth and has called investigators 'bullies' for pressuring her to admit wrongdoing.
He's even confident charges against her will be dropped and glad that she's OK.
Defending: Poole said on Wednesday from jail that she's fully responsible for the attack and that Lopez, pictured, was only along for the ride
Changes: On Friday, the day of the robbery and alluded kidnapping of Poole, both Poole and Lopez updated their Facebook statuses to show they're in a relationship
'I'm not innocent that's for sure but, I'm the one that has done all this. [Ralph] Lopez has nothing to do with it other than being there with me,' she said on Wednesday of the man she said she had met only two weeks before the attack.
On the day of their planned heist Poole and Lopez updated their Facebook pages to show they were in a relationship.
Asked what she would tell Coonrad if he were listening, she apologized to him.
'I'm sorry. I'm sorry it had to happen, there's nothing I can do about it now after it's all been said and done,' she said.
She says there was never any intention of causing him harm.
Poole and Lopez are charged with robbery, criminal confinement and auto theft.
Poole was also charged with resisting law enforcement, while Lopez also faces a charge of possession of marijuana.
Poole has a previous criminal record for burglary while Lopez had an open warrant for resisting law enforcement and auto theft from 2012.
The pair has a court appearance scheduled for June 11.