Cold intruder gets into bed with sleeping resident

Wednesday March 17, 2010

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Michael Karanja Kamau

A Mount Washington man was sleeping in his apartment early this morning when he felt someone get into bed with him.

Figuring it was his girlfriend, he called out her name.

A deep male voice replied, "No it's not."

The unidentified resident jumped out of bed and called 911 as he held the intruder at bay with an aluminum baseball bat.

Police arriving around 5:30 a.m. found doors to the apartment building and the victim's unit had been forced open.

They took Michael Karanja Kamau, 33, of Cranberry, into custody. The suspect told them he was cold and wanted to get inside to get warm.

Police, in a news release, said Mr. Kamau was intoxicated but not to the point that he didn't understand what was going on.