AKRON, Ohio - An Akron man is in jail after he was accused of breaking into a house and attacking the homeowner with a hammer, police said.

Kristopher Malcolm

Kristopher L. Malcolm, 26, is charged with one count of felonious assault and one count of aggravated burglary in Akron Municipal Court, records show. He remains in Summit County Jail.

A resident of a house on the 400 block of Delmar Avenue was awoken about 8 p.m. Saturday to someone banging on the house's front and back doors, Akron police said Monday. The occupants called 911 just as the burglar broke in through the back door.

Malcolm, the accused burglar, hit a male resident with a hammer before he was able to get away to an upstairs bedroom. Malcolm broke down the bedroom door after the residents barricaded the door, and they were able to escape onto the roof through a window in the room, police said.

The male resident fell off the roof and hurt his leg before trying to run from the house. Malcolm ran back out of the house and chased the resident around the neighborhood, police said.

The burglar hit the male resident several more times with the hammer and his fists, police said. Neighbors saw what was going on and came out to help the victim.

The hammer was taken from Malcolm's possession, and police officers took him to Akron City Hospital with minor injuries after he was arrested, police said.

It's unclear if Malcolm knew the residents of the house at the time of the burglary.

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