Sheriff's office: Family hid as intoxicated Newcomerstown man entered their home

AUBURN TOWNSHIP ‒ An Auburn Township family hid in a locked room as an apparently intoxicated man came into their house uninvited on Monday evening.

The 33-year-old Newcomerstown man is in the Tuscarawas County Jail facing felony charges after the incident around 8 p.m. outside of Sugarcreek.

According to Capt. Adam Fisher, the children in the family were outside playing when they saw a strange vehicle pull into the driveway. The children went into the house and joined their mother. They hid behind a locked door. The suspect entered the house 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 house, and the suspect had no physical contact with the family, he noted.

Later, a deputy stopped the suspect's vehicle for several 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 a probation hold, pending the filing of felony charges, Fisher said.

This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: Sheriff's office: Family hid as intoxicated Newcomerstown man entered their home