The 18 year old Pullman man who was beaten up by a woman when he tried to attack her inside her apartment is going to prison. Juan Mendoza Ortiz pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony burglary in Whitman County Superior Court. Ortiz was sentenced to just over a year and a half in prison.

Ortiz was arrested by Pullman Police in early May for his failed home invasion attack at an apartment on College Hill. Ortiz followed a 20 year old Washington State University student to her apartment on foot, forced his way inside and tried to choke her. The woman overpowered Ortiz and put him in a headlock and started hitting him in the head. Ortiz fled on foot and was arrested moments later by Pullman Police. The woman was not hurt. Ortiz is not a WSU student.