AUBURN TOWNSHIP – An Auburn Township family hid in a locked room as an apparently intoxicated man entered their home uninvited Monday night.
The 33-year-old Newcomerstown man is being held in the Tuscarawas County Jail on felony charges following the incident around 8 p.m. outside Sugarcreek.
According to Capt. Adam Fisher, the family’s children were outside playing when they saw a strange vehicle pull into the driveway. The children entered the home and joined their mother, hiding behind a locked door. The suspect entered the home through the front door, which was unlocked. He knocked on the locked door, but when he didn’t get an answer, he left, Fisher said.
Nothing was taken from the home and the suspect had no physical contact with the family, he noted.
An officer later stopped the suspect’s vehicle for multiple traffic violations. The suspect did not resist arrest, Fisher said.
He was positively identified as the man who entered the family’s home.
He is being held in the county jail on probation pending the filing of a felony charge, Fisher said.
This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: Auburn Township family hid as drunk man entered their home
