Oklahoma City father confronts stranger found sleeping in 11-year-old son’s room
By Jason Burger
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An Oklahoma City father was alarmed when his 11-year-old son woke him up to report a stranger sleeping in his bedroom.
“At 8 a.m. maybe, my son woke me up, and he said, ‘There’s a man in my bed,'” Josh Hodnik, the father, said.
Hodnik said he initially doubted his son but soon realized the situation was real.
“I was like, ‘Are you sure? Are you sure?’ He said, ‘Yeah, there’s a man,'” Hodnik said.
According to an Oklahoma City police report, the suspect was found in the child’s bedroom. The report said the man was a transient.
Hodnik said he was concerned about the potential danger to his children.
“I did something violent to him where he couldn’t react, but you know, he could have done something to my child while he was asleep, or my daughter while she was asleep,” the father said.
Hodnik said he led the suspect to the living room and punched him.
The suspect claimed an unknown female told him he could spend the night at the house, but Hodnik clarified that only he and his children live there.
“It was left unlocked because my kids were playing the night before, and didn’t lock it, but that’s not an excuse for someone to walk in,” Hodnik said.
The Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office said that the suspect had previously pleaded into Mental Health Court, now called DREAMS Court, in Oklahoma County.
“It was believed that the stability that comes with a treatment court would benefit him. Based on the allegations that he committed a new crime while in the program, our office will evaluate his future as a participant. Committing a crime while in a treatment court can get a participant revoked,” the District Attorney’s Office said.
Hodnik said he was frustrated with the system.
“These politicians and these judges and all these people need to be held accountable. That’s what needs to happen,” the father said.
None of the children were harmed, and the suspect was taken into custody without incident. He is currently held at the Cleveland County jail.
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