House worker attacked with wrench by intruder
YOUNGSTOWN
A 40-year-old New Castle man was struck in the head with a wrench by a burglar who broke into a home the victim was working on Friday afternoon at 433 Norwood Avenue.
The victim said he had worked on the home earlier in the day and returned at 5 p.m. to find a man in a ski mask inside. The suspect charged at the victim with the wrench, striking him in the head and continued to strike him with the wrench and a closed fist.
The victim jumped through a dining room window, breaking the glass, to escape the suspect.
The victim suffered a head wound and went to St. Elizabeth Health Center, where he was in stable condition.
Police determined that the suspect broke into the home by breaking out a basement window. A laptop computer was missing from the home.