Crime Report: Man Finds Intruder Sleeping in His Bathroom, Fenton Man Injured in Motorcycle Accident

A Fenton couple received an unwanted visitor in their home in the early morning hours after St. Patrick’s Day.

Chief Rick Aro said around 3 a.m. on March 18 a homeowner on the 1000 block of North Leroy Street awoke and noticed a light on in an adjacent home he also owned. The man told police the home was supposed to be unoccupied, so he went next door and found another man sleeping in the bathroom of the home. The man told police he woke up the intruder and ordered him to leave the home and he complied.

The man told police the intruder had taken a bag of frozen meat from the freezer and had it lying next to him in the bathroom. Aro said the homeowner reported he returned home and went back to sleep.

Aro said later on that day, the homeowner’s wife received a call from an acquaintance, indicating they had her prescription medication and clothing that had been left at the home by an intoxicated male that had been forced to leave a St. Patrick’s Day Party.  The woman told police she found that the medication had been taken from the vehicle outside the home.

Fenton Police were able identify the suspect, a 40-year-old Fenton man, who came into the police department later that day and admitted he was drunk and did sleep in the man’s bathroom, Aro said, but did not admit to taking the items from the vehicle.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

Motorcycle accident

A 47-year-old Fenton resident crashed a Honda motorcycle near North Leroy Street near North Road around 7 p.m. March 18, according to a police report.

The man was traveling southbound on Leroy Street and went through the North Road intersection when he observed a vehicle going northeast on North Road, turning left in the , Aro said.

The man told police he felt he was going to collide with the vehicle and veered off the road, lost control, hit the curb and was ejected from the bike where he landed and broke a street sign with his body.

The man did suffer cuts and bruises, but refused medical treatment, Aro said.

Breaking and entering

A 59-year-old Fenton resident filed a complaint with police about missing tools and an air hose valued at $625 from his barn on the 600 block of Silver Lake Road.

The man told police he had last seen the equipment in the beginning of February and was unsure if the barn was locked at the time.

Aro said the man indicated a possible suspect that lived nearby. The suspects denied taking any of the property, Aro said.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the incident.

For questions about this blotter, email Jason Alexander.