Homeowner wrestles naked alleged intruder

A homeowner wrestled down a naked man who had reportedly broken into his home in the Harney Heights neighborhood early Monday morning.

By Laura McVicker
The Columbian

A homeowner wrestled down a naked man who had reportedly broken into his home in the Harney Heights neighborhood early Monday morning.

A Vancouver Police Department bulletin gave this account:

The incident happened about 12:45 a.m. when homeowner Kim Tingley, 54, awoke to a naked man banging on a window at the home in the 4100 block of East 15th Street.

After the naked man broke the window and entered the home, the two started fighting and were injured by broken glass on the floor.

Tingley's wife, Kristy, 47, awoke to her husband yelling for her to call police. She got up and saw the naked intruder and her husband covered in blood.

Both Tingley and the 20-year-old naked man, Anthony D. Frazier, suffered injuries, police said. Kristy Tingley wasn't injured.

Kim Tingley was taken to Southwest Washington Medical Center but released later in the morning.

"He's going to be all right, but he's pretty messed up right now," a spokesman for the family said.

Frazier, who also lives in the Harney Heights neighborhood, was taken to Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital.

Monday afternoon, Frazier was discharged and subsequently booked into the Clark County Jail on suspicion of first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and fourth-degree assault.

Police spokeswoman Kim Kapp said she didn't know why Frazier wasn't clothed or why he targeted the home.

"(Detectives) are now doing follow-up investigation as to why this happened," Kapp said.

The Tingleys' neighbors across the street found discarded tennis shoes, a jacket and shorts in their yard. But Kapp said investigators didn't seize the clothes as evidence.