A 20-year-old Little Canada man staying with family in River Falls is charged with crawling through a window at a River Falls apartment building and sexually assaulting a 46-year-old woman while her husband lay in bed next to her.

Ching Leng Her of Little Canada was later found in another apartment in the building and arrested on suspicion of second-degree sexual assault, criminal trespass to dwelling and burglary.

According to charges filed this week by the Pierce County district attorney, the 46-year-old female tenant phoned for help after the attack by the stranger just before dawn Friday.

When police arrived, Her, who had allegedly dropped his pants to his ankles with genitals exposed and lay on top of the woman and attempted to rape her in the bed, had fled to the apartment of another woman and was locked in. Police said they found Her inside the second apartment, lying on a bed and smelling of alcohol.

Her allegedly admitted to molesting a woman but refused to get up when placed under arrest. Officers carried him to a squad car.

According to police, Her allegedly spoke about having sex with a woman and about his God being a “wrathful God” who will “rise in three days” and “have my revenge.”

Her was taken to Pierce County Jail in Ellsworth. He refused to answer the jailer’s questions except to make religious statements and was taken to a holding cell where he yelled for almost 10 minutes.

Later, at the jail, he allegedly said he had sex with a woman from one of the apartments after climbing in through a window. Her allegedly said the sex wasn’t consensual but that the woman had been praying for God to impregnate her.

Police said the victim was sleeping when she woke in bed to find a stranger lying over her. While almost naked, he gripped her hands above her head, said the criminal complaint, as the woman struggled and shouted for him to get off.

The woman’s husband, in the same bed, woke to the words “Get off me,” then also yelled at the man, finally chasing him out of the bedroom as the stranger pulled up his pants, said the complaint.

In the living room, the man allegedly threw a punch at the husband before racing out and finding another open apartment.

Her allegedly went in and locked the door. The 26-year-old woman in that apartment had just stepped out for a smoke.

While Her has been charged for the break-in and assault, the case is still ongoing because of other unresolved issues.

Her was apparently staying with relatives in the apartment building where this incident occurred.

On Monday, Pierce County Circuit Court prosecutors argued for Her to be held on $2,000 cash bond.

Public defender Liesl Nelson contended that the incident represented a “strange aberration” in Her’s life, adding that he had no prior criminal history. Pierce County Circuit Court Commissioner Jorv Gavic ordered Her to post a $5,000 signature bond and to abstain from entering the entire apartment complex.