MUNCIE, Ind. – Two Muncie residents are accused of holding a newlywed couple against their will in the suspects’ southside home, terrorizing them with guns and knives.

Jesse William Mann, 35, and Brandy Diane Shanks, 22, of the 1200 block of West 16th Street, were arrested by city police early Thursday on preliminary counts of intimidation with a deadly weapon, battery and criminal confinement.

Shanks also faces a preliminary count of rape based on allegations she “strip searched” the female victim, in the process touching her genitals.

Mann, meanwhile, faces a strangulation count and a second intimidation charge.

Their accusers, married on Monday, told police they celebrated by visiting the home of Mann, described as their “friend.”

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“Hours later... Mann became irate and accused (the newlyweds) of stealing his pain medication,” city police investigator Jami Brown wrote in an affidavit.

Shanks reportedly forced the bride, and another female visitor to her home, to walk into a bathroom “with their hands on their head” and conducted the body searches while wearing “purple gloves.”

The women were allegedly forced to “sit in their underwear” and one was attacked by Shanks, who held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her, the document said. That woman had a scratch on her jaw and a bruise on her left ear.

The groom, meanwhile, told police Mann ordered him to remove his clothing and then used a knife to “cut off” his pants and belt while he was“trying to find his stolen medication.”

The man said Mann held a silver handgun to his head, saying he could kill him and “nobody would ever know.”

The newlywed also told police Mann punched him in the chest and face, kicked him in the head and inflicted a cut on the back of his neck.

His bride, meanwhile, said Mann for a time had gagged her by forcing a washcloth into her mouth.

The couple and the second woman said they were confined in a bathroom for an extended period.

A call was placed to 911 dispatchers about 9:50 p.m. Wednesday after those allegedly being held in the house apparently were able to flee.

Interviewed by police early Thursday, Mann reportedly admitted he became irritated and his guests and went into a “blind rage.”

He acknowledged cutting off the man’s pants and belt with a knife, but maintained a handgun he brandished had actually been a BB gun.

The Muncie man also said he had ingested meth that evening,”which he doesn’t normally do.”

Mann was being held in the Delaware County jail under a $30,000 bond. Shanks’ bond was set at $32,500.

At the time of Mann's most recent arrest, he already faced seven charges in cases pending in Delaware County courts – battery resulting in bodily injury, domestic battery, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia and strangulation.

Mann has been convicted of auto theft, battery (twice), criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated (twice), possession of a controlled substance (twice), possession of a narcotic drug, receiving stolen property, residential entry (twice) and theft (twice).

Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.