He tried to break into a teen girl’s home because he wanted to ‘start a family,’ Tacoma police say
A man tried to break into a Tacoma home Wednesday because he wanted to “start a family with” a 13-year-old girl inside, Pierce County prosecutors allege.
The 27-year-old, whose address was not listed in court records, was arraigned Thursday in Superior Court. He faces charges of attempted residential burglary, communication with a minor for immoral purposes, obstructing police, lying to police and two counts of third-degree assault. Bail was set at $200,000.
According to charging documents:
A 13-year-old girl called police from her home on East 34th Street about 12:15 p.m. and said a man was trying to open the windows of her house.
“I want to date you,” the girl said he was calling from outside. “I want to start a family with you.”
Officers arrived to find the man in the backyard of the home. When he saw them, he fled but was captured nearby.
The 13-year-old told police she saw the man in a nearby church parking lot, where he could have seen into her bedroom. The man then removed a bungee cord from the fence, knocking down part of it.
The man approached the home and tried to open the back door, begging the teen to let him in. She called her father, who told her to call 911.
The man refused to give his name to police, instead telling officers to take him to jail. Once there, he spat on a Tacoma police officer. The officer tried to put a spit sock over the man’s head, which prompted the man to kick the officer.
Once inside, the man tried to sneak up on a corrections officer but was thwarted. He then lied about his name, and gave three different spellings of what his would-be alias was.
Officers eventually determined the man’s identity and discovered he had a warrant for his arrest.