A Phoenix woman was arrested through a bathroom window, after police said she entered using the toilet as a step, her estranged husband's Mesa according to a police report apartment early Wednesday. that also said a shoe print Police responded to a was found on the toilet seat. criminal trespassing call at Police found Lechliter across an apartment at 36 N. 63rd St. the street in the 6300 block in Mesa around 2 a.m. of E. Main Street. She denied Wednesday. entering her husband's The victim told police he was apartment until police asleep in his apartment when pointed out inconsistencies he was awakened by his in her story, according to estranged wife, Elizabeth the report. She then admitted Lechliter, 53, screaming at the break-in, police said. him at the foot of his bed. After examining the Mesa police said the victim defendant's shoes, officers and his wife separated a confirmed the shoe print on month earlier when he was the toilet belonged to served with an order of Lechliter. protection after a history of Police said the defendant has domestic violence. continued to contact the The victim also told police victim despite her order of Lechliter has never lived in protection against him. the apartment and did not In a police report, the have his permission to enter victim expressed his fear of the home. the defendant and his desire Police said when the victim for an order of protection called 9-1-1, the defendant against her. fled the scene. The victim Lechliter was arrested and told police his estranged charged with criminal wife entered the apartment trespass in the first degree.
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