A St. Paul woman woke up Wednesday night to a stranger crawling around her bedroom floor.

He was carrying one of her jewelry boxes, she later told police, so she yelled at him to leave and hurried out of bed to call 911.

That’s when Dequan Lesalle Bellazan hurled the box at her and threatened to throw her down the stairs, according to the criminal complaint filed against the 20-year-old St. Paul man Friday in Ramsey County District Court.

The incident took place around 10 p.m. Wednesday at the 76-year-old woman’s home on the 1200 block of Englewood Avenue in St. Paul, legal documents say.

Police arrived to find her bleeding from her left-hand with a towel wrapped around it.

They later located and arrested Bellazan based on the description provided by the victim.

He faces one count of first-degree burglary.

In an interview with officers, Bellazan reportedly admitted to breaking into the home and said he did so because he didn’t think anyone was home at the time. When he encountered the woman, he said he panicked and shoved her, legal documents say. Related Articles As memories of George Floyd fade, activists make sure his legacy does not

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The convicted felon has a history of burglaries.

He was placed on 10 years of probation in June after being convicted of a separate first-degree burglary incident. He was convicted of second-degree burglary three times in 2016.

No attorney was listed for Bellazan in court files.