A 30-year-old Colorado man is accused of breaking into a Denver home and getting into bed with a 13-year-old girl, KDVR reported.
Mark Keough is charged with first-degree burglary and criminal attempt to sexually assault a child, the television station reported.
According to parents Ahmed Ageal and Juli Thomas, they were asleep Nov. 26 when they heard their daughter running toward their bedroom, KDVR reported. The girl told her parents her older sister's boyfriend had broken into her room and had touched her stomach in her bed.
"I don't remember much except for flying up the stairs," Thomas told the television station
Ageal tackled Keough while Thomas called 911, KDVR reported.
Ageal said he suffered several scrapes and bruises, but held down Keough until police arrived.
"I asked him, 'Why would you break into my house?' He just said 'Hmmm,'" Ageal told KDVR.
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