Alert dad foils Christmas Eve home invasion and assault of his 11-year-old daughter (Video)

On Christmas Day, police reported about a Christmas Eve intruder who entered an Ormond Beach-area home in Florida and grabbed an 11-year-old girl.

Steven M. Hasugulgum, 21, was outside a home on the 1900 block of Myrtle Jo Drive around 6 p.m., when the 11-year-old victim opened the rear sliding glass door and stepped out. Hasugulgum approached her, put his finger to his lips and told her to “Shh,” and followed her back into the house as she retreated. He then grabbed her hand and lightly pulled her toward him.

Fortunately, the girl’s father heard something, came to see what was happening and chased Hasugulgum from the house. Responding deputies and Ormond Beach police officers set up a perimeter, and a Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit began tracking for the suspect. The incident was captured on home surveillance video, which allowed deputies to see the suspect.

At about 6:40 p.m., a woman at a house a few streets over, on the 1900 block of Nelson Avenue, reported that she saw the doorknob twisting on her locked front door. She went to check, opened the door, and was met by a stranger who met the description of Hasugulgum, acting erratic and holding a hammer. She asked if she could help him, then closed and re-locked her door.

Hasugulgum ran to her SUV and tried to open it.  The woman wisely hit the panic alarm which scared Hasugulgum off – and he ran away.

Around 7:26 p.m., as the search continued, Hasugulgum re-appeared on Myrtle Jo Drive, and deputies took him into custody.

Hasugulgum, who has an address in Daytona Beach but is a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, was charged with burglary with battery, attempted burglary of an occupied dwelling and attempted burglary of an unoccupied conveyance. He remained in custody at the Volusia County Branch Jail on Christmas Day, on $20,000 bond.

For more on the story, see the video accompanying this article.

(Source: Volusia Sheriff’s Office)

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