(KRON) — A Belmont man who allegedly broke into his neighbor’s condo in September 2024 whereas the sufferer, her two kids and a roommate had been sleeping inside, has been discovered competent to face trial, in response to San Mateo County prosecutors. The sufferer advised police she awoke to the suspect pulling off her blanket as her kids slept in the identical room.
Cristian Josue CanelSian, 22, is accused of housebreaking and trying to dissuade the sufferer from testifying, in response to the San Mateo County District Legal professional’s Workplace. CanelSian was beforehand convicted in 2023 for a string of break-ins in Redwood Metropolis throughout which he groped two girls as they slept.
In accordance with prosecutors, CanelSian lived subsequent door to the 40-year-old sufferer, the sufferer’s 2-year-old and 12-year-old, and the sufferer’s male roommate.
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On Sept. 6, 2024, at 4:15 a.m., the sufferer awoke in her bed room to her blankets being tugged off her mattress and noticed an unknown man crawling on the ground. The sufferer’s two kids had been additionally sleeping within the bed room, the DA’s workplace stated.
After the lady screamed on the intruder, her roommate awoke in the lounge and noticed the stranger, who was sporting darkish clothes, run out the door and soar off of the second-story condo balcony.
CanelSian was seen on a Ring digicam strolling by the sufferer’s condo at 3:15 a.m., in response to prosecutors. The DA’s workplace stated that the sufferer acknowledged the person on the Ring video as the identical man who approached her within the laundry room and requested if she was single, making her really feel “very uncomfortable.”
On Sept. 12, CanelSian allegedly went to the sufferer’s condo and requested her to not inform the police concerning the incident.
When the Belmont Police Division contacted CanelSian, he advised officers that he had been drunk “and followed an animal carrying fruit” into the sufferer’s condo, the DA’s workplace stated.
In November 2024, the protection argued that CanelSian was not competent to face trial. On Dec. 17, Dr. Yan Chan concluded in his report that he was competent to face trial and legal proceedings continued.
Prosecution and protection attorneys are scheduled to convene in a pretrial convention on the San Mateo County courthouse on Monday.
CanelSian stays in custody with out bail.
