An armed intruder broke into a residence in Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA, and ate shrimp, drank beer, and took a bath before apologizing and leaving $200 to repair the damaged window.
According to court documents obtained by the Santa Fe New Mexican from Santa Fe County Magistrate Court, Santa Fe Police rushed to a location on Sunday after a man reported entering his home only to discover 34-year-old Teral Christesson there with an AR-style rifle.
According to the caller, Christesson was having a beer and eating shrimp when he came in.
According to documents, the intruder apologized to the homeowner, stating he needed a warm place to sleep, and left $200 on a chair before packing his gun in a duffel bag and peacefully leaving.
Christesson is thought to have entered the property through a window he shattered. According to The New Mexican, the homeowner estimates that replacing the window will cost $200.
According to The Albuquerque Journal, the homeowner told police that “the male was extremely embarrassed and apologetic about the situation,”
When Christesson was asked why he was in the house, he explained that “his family was killed in east Texas and he was running from somebody.”
He explained to the man that he had been driving but that his automobile had broken down around 100 miles outside of Santa Fe.
According to a criminal complaint, the house intruder was apprehended the next day after attempting to take a woman’s car at gunpoint at a Church’s Chicken restaurant in Santa Fe.
According to the woman, she was waiting in the drive-thru queue for her lunch when Christesson allegedly approached her car door and ordered that she get out of the vehicle because he was stealing it. Christesson took off when the woman began blowing her horn.
Later that day, he was found wandering down a road and was apprehended by authorities.
According to court filings, Christesson told police that he was “caught in a blizzard” on Sunday and broke into the house to avoid freezing, as reported by The New Mexican.
He claimed that he “felt bad” about smashing the window.
For the Sunday break-in, he was charged with aggravated burglary, larceny, and criminal damage to property, as well as an extra aggravated assault charge for the attempted carjacking.