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CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) -- A Sunset man's attempt at breaking into a home ended after the home owner beat the intruder on the head with a baseball bat as he climbed through a window.
The home owner used a Louisville Slugger, with the words "are you feeling lucky," written on it, said Assistant Clearfield Police Chief Greg Krusi.
The beating sent the intruder to Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton with head injuries, Krusi said.
Danuel Baird has been charged on suspicion of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony; discharging a firearm at a building, a third-degree felony; and a class B misdemeanor assault because he allegedly punched a woman in the face at an earlier gathering.
Krusi said the incident began early Friday morning at a Clearfield home.
Baird was drinking at a woman's home when a fight broke out over his status as a registered sex offender, according to a Clearfield Police Department news release.
Baird allegedly punched the woman in the face and left, but returned and fired a gun at the house, the release said.
By then, the woman was at a neighbor's home.
Police said Baird returned to the woman's house, but left.
He then went to another neighbors home with a hatchet and knocked on the door, the release said. Baird then tried to enter through a window and was promptly beaten with the baseball bat, the release said.
It wasn't until Baird was hit over the head with the bat that police were called, Krusi said.
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Information from: Standard-Examiner, http://www.standard.net
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