A St. Paul man admitted in court to sneaking into his girlfriend’s home while she was working early one morning last fall. Then he attacked and raped the woman’s 17-year-old daughter.

Trevall Devon Coleman, 26, answered questions about the sexual assault during a Thursday hearing in Ramsey County District Court when he pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

He told the court that he sneaked into his girlfriend’s St. Paul residence around 2 or 3 a.m. on Nov. 30 and made his way to the teenager’s room.

He had a hooded sweatshirt over his face to conceal his identity, he said. When he encountered the girl in her bed, he punched her in the face before holding her down by the throat and sexually assaulting her, he said.

He also hit the girl with a box fan, causing bruising to her face and her nose to bleed.

The girl called 911 after her attacker — whom she didn’t recognize at the time — fled her East Side home, court records say.

Officers who responded to the scene in the 600 block of Sims Avenue found her bleeding from her face and crying, along with signs of a struggle and a purple fan on her bedroom floor, the complaint said.

Her mother was at work and she was home alone with her 7-year-old brother.

A query of her address showed that the girl’s mother formerly had a protection order against her boyfriend, Coleman, court records say.

In that incident, Coleman was charged with burglary, domestic assault and terroristic threats.

The woman asked the court to cancel the order in 2016.

Coleman’s criminal record includes three felony-level convictions for domestic violence, as well as convictions for car theft and drug possession. Related Articles Two men face felony charges in Bloomington home invasion

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When police reached Coleman, he lied and told officers that he was at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake during the time of the attack.

A search of Coleman’s cellphone later proved he was near the victim’s home at the time.

He is expected to be sentenced in April to 15 years in prison.