Crime & Safety
Public Drunkenness Citation Issued After Man Walks Into Stranger's Home
A man was cited after accidentally walking into the wrong home in Dormont last week.
A Mt. Lebanon man was arrested Feb. 28 after he allegedly walked into a stranger's house uninvited by mistake.
Dormont police responded to a Wisconsin Avenue home when a woman called to report that she had been sleeping, and woke up to find her dogs barking at a man—later identified as Christopher Miranda, 35—standing inside her front door.
The woman told police she called 911 after she asked the man's name, and he refused to tell her.
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Police said Miranda had a strong smell of alcoholic beverage on his person when they arrived, and had glassy, bloodshot eyes. Miranda told police he was trying to go to a friend's house, and had entered the wrong house by mistake.
Police cited Miranda for public drunkenness.
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