A man dressed up as the yellow Teletubbie, Laa-Laa, won't escape charges after all for a weekend incident in Bethlehem, police said.

Terez S. Owens Jr., 20, a

student from Jacksonville, Florida, allegedly wore the children's character costume while breaking into a friend's house about 2 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of East Fourth Street on South Side.

Police said

before leaving. A door was damaged during the incident, police said.

Police said they caught up with him and identified him as the suspect, but the victim initially declined to press charges.

"I guess the victims thought about it and the landlord got involved with the damage," Bethlehem police Chief Mark DiLuzio said.

The residents met Wednesday with a detective, and police filed charges of criminal mischief and disorderly conduct with District Judge Nancy Matos-Gonzalez's office, DiLuzio said. They will be sent to Owens via summons.

Owens, an undergraduate business/supply chain management major, declined to comment Wednesday night.

DiLuzio indicated the oddity of the incident isn't lost on him.

"Not that many Teletubbies get arrested," he said. "You can't make it up."