DAYTON — A 12-year-old girl home sick from school was protected by the family dog when an unknown man opened her front door and started to come into the home.
Dayton police are investigating the incident that happened between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Dec. 6 in the 800 block of Alverno Avenue.
The young girl and her family members reported to police later that afternoon that someone entered the girl’s unlocked front door after yelling “Open the door.”
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The girl saw the door knob turning, and the family’s Bullmastif dog jumped off the couch and bit the man’s right forearm above the wrist.
The man ran off in an unknown direction through woods.
The girl told Dayton police she recognized the man as someone who has been watching her at her bus stop for months — sometimes even walking behind her.
The girl told officers he was not a friend of the family and has never been to the home before.
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She told police he would have known where she lived because he has followed her before. She attends Dayton Public Schools.
Police also spoke to the girl’s bus driver, Felecia Lewis, who said she saw what was happening and took action. She told the girl to talk to her parents, and Lewis went to her supervisor.
“I was raised to treat others the way you would want to be treated,” Lewis said. “If it was my daughter, I would have wanted somebody to make her aware of her surroundings.”
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Kelvin Anders, transportation director, praised Lewis.
‘I was very pleased because, you know, she didn’t have to do that. That is part of our procedures to train when the drivers come on board to be vigilant and look and see things that are out of place,” he said.
The girl’s bus stop was moved previously due to this, according to Dayton Public Schools.
The girl was home alone at the time, and the incident happened right after the mother left for work.
The male subject is described as a white man between the ages of 30 and 40; standing between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 11 inches tall; weighing between 140 and 160 pounds; with short blond hair. He would have a dog bite to his right forearm just above the wrist.
No arrests have been made.
