A man who had been kicked out of a party walked into a Lake Wilson home in the middle of the night and sat on the feet of a man sleeping on the couch, according to a criminal complaint.
Jorge Colindres, 28, of Bigelow, faces two felony counts of first-degree burglary, one alleging he assaulted a person in the home and one that the home was occupied, along with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, fifth-degree assault, disorderly conduct, fleeing an officer on foot and obstructing legal process. The complaint was filed Sept. 28 in Murray County District Court.
According to the complaint, Murray County dispatch got a report at about 1:23 a.m. on Sept. 27 that an intoxicated man had come into a house in Lake Wilson without permission and, after being forced out, kept trying to get back in through several doors.
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The homeowner told a deputy he was asleep on the couch when he felt someone sit on his feet and woke to find a man he did not know. He told the man to leave several times, then forced him out the front door, and the man kicked or punched him in the chest as he did, the complaint says. The family locked the front and garage doors, and the man kept trying to get into the garage until deputies arrived.
He ran when they did. A deputy chased him on foot, drew his gun and then his Taser when the man would not get on the ground, and finally took him to the ground and handcuffed him, according to the complaint.
In an interview, Colindres said drug traffickers wanted to kill him and that he had gone into the house to ask the owners to call police. He first said he had not been drinking, then said he had had beer, and said he had not used drugs that night. He also said that if he had wanted to hurt the homeowner he could have, but that he waited for him to wake up so he could ask for help, the complaint says.
A man who hosted a party that night told a deputy that Colindres had been kicked out around midnight for being drunk and too loud. Colindres was booked into the Lyon County Jail, according to the complaint.
Each first-degree burglary count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $35,000 fine or both, according to the complaint.
