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WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. - Dewey Coulson's rude awakening came when he walked to the bathroom in the middle of the night, only to find an intruder using the facilities.
"When I turned the corner ... I saw the light was on, and I thought someone had just left it on so I opened the door, and there was this guy sitting on the toilet," Coulson, 19, said. "So I said, 'What are you doing in my house?' And he said, 'I just had to use the bathroom.'"
Coulson ran upstairs to get his stepfather, and when they returned they saw the man trying to leave.
"He was walking really slowly, and then he saw us, and he started running towards these doors and he grabbed the handle and my stepdad and I closed on him," Coulson said.
He and stepfather Dave End wrestled with the man to subdue him and hold him for police Saturday.
Coulson's mother, Cathy End, said the intruder likely wasn't in the house long before heading to the bathroom.
"There was some money out of my wallet, but that's as far as he got, I guess, before nature took over. The toilet part just blows my mind," she said.
Otha Smith, 42, who police said apparently entered through an unlocked door, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Wednesday with burglary to an occupied residence, a felony.
Because of two prior burglary convictions, he could face 21 years in prison if convicted. A preliminary hearing is scheduled next Tuesday.
Police warn residents against trying to restrain intruders.
"I think we caught him off-guard," Coulson said. "I mean, thank God he didn't have a weapon, or it might have been the end of both of us."
Police were investigating whether the case could be linked to a number of burglaries in the past few months in Whitefish Bay and nearby Shorewood, another Milwaukee suburb.
"When I turned the corner ... I saw the light was on, and I thought someone had just left it on so I opened the door, and there was this guy sitting on the toilet," Coulson, 19, said. "So I said, 'What are you doing in my house?' And he said, 'I just had to use the bathroom.'"
Coulson ran upstairs to get his stepfather, and when they returned they saw the man trying to leave.
"He was walking really slowly, and then he saw us, and he started running towards these doors and he grabbed the handle and my stepdad and I closed on him," Coulson said.
He and stepfather Dave End wrestled with the man to subdue him and hold him for police Saturday.
Coulson's mother, Cathy End, said the intruder likely wasn't in the house long before heading to the bathroom.
"There was some money out of my wallet, but that's as far as he got, I guess, before nature took over. The toilet part just blows my mind," she said.
Otha Smith, 42, who police said apparently entered through an unlocked door, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Wednesday with burglary to an occupied residence, a felony.
Because of two prior burglary convictions, he could face 21 years in prison if convicted. A preliminary hearing is scheduled next Tuesday.
Police warn residents against trying to restrain intruders.
"I think we caught him off-guard," Coulson said. "I mean, thank God he didn't have a weapon, or it might have been the end of both of us."
Police were investigating whether the case could be linked to a number of burglaries in the past few months in Whitefish Bay and nearby Shorewood, another Milwaukee suburb.
Who said crime doesn't pee?
(with my cell phone while calling the police
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