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Woman alarmed by intruder near Unity

A man has been arrested following a strange incident in which a woman was startled by an intruder who had entered her home. The incident happened on June 3 around 6:30 a.m.
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A man has been arrested following a strange incident in which a woman was startled by an intruder who had entered her home.

The incident happened on June 3 around 6:30 a.m., when a woman living in a rural area near Unity was awakened by an older white male entering her bedroom. According to police, the male, who the woman did not know, then asked the woman to get him a coffee, and left the room for her to dress.

Police say the woman was able to take a photograph of the male with her phone. When the intruder left her bedroom, she locked herself in the bathroom and called relatives to help her.  The woman then called 9-1-1.

Relatives soon arrived and, according to police, met the male as he was leaving the yard. The accused left in an older blue sedan and headed north.

RCMP was provided a picture of the suspect, and a description of the vehicle, which was then circulated the picture amongst local detachments. The photo of the suspect was also posted by the Unity area woman on social media sites.

The male individual was also accused of making off with money and alcohol from the home.

RCMP soon received a report, around 1 p.m., of a blue sedan driving erratically on Highway 16 near Waseca, with a ladder hanging out of the trunk. Police received a second report a few minutes later, which was much the same as the first.

According to police, the vehicle was eventually located by Maidstone RCMP on the side of the road approximately 10 km east of Maidstone, with the lone male occupant matching the description from the Unity area break-in. Some of the property believed stolen from the Unity area home was located in the vehicle.

The accused male was identified as 62-year-old John Nathanial Porter of Lucky Lake, formerly of the Neilburg area. He was charged with impaired driving exceeding .08, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime, and possession of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Porter was in court in Lloydminster June 5, and has been released on an undertaking to appear in Provincial Court in Maidstone on July 11.