Man Seen Yelling, 'where Is Your Daughter?' In Viral Home Invasion Video Is Charged With Assault

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A man seen connected video forcing his measurement into a California location and attacking nan homeowner has been arrested and charged pinch assault.

Viral location information video shows Jason Nichols, 30, successful a trench coat, aggressively banging connected nan beforehand door, smashing an outer doorbell and many times screaming, “Where is your daughter?” earlier he entered nan residence successful Fairfield past Tuesday.

Nichols is charged pinch 1 count each of felony battle pinch a deadly weapon, burglary, threatening crime pinch intent to terrorize and vandalism, according to tribunal documents.

Online tribunal documents did not database an lawyer for Nichols.

Fairfield constabulary investigators said successful a connection that nan homeowner's woman and kid were unsocial successful nan location erstwhile doorbell camera video captured Nichols astatine nan door.

The homeowner began talking to Nichols remotely complete nan camera's app, nan video showed, and Nichols threatened him while identifying himself arsenic "Harry Dresden," a wizard from a fictional caller series.

A screenshot from Ring information camera video.A screenshot from Ring information camera video.

In a statement, constabulary said nan fishy gained introduction done a solid broadside doorway of nan spot aft initially having been incapable to footwear his measurement done nan beforehand door.

Security video from wrong nan location shows Nichols ripping unfastened closet doors and apparently searching for nan homeowner's girl while screaming, "Where nan f--- is she?"

Nichols was past confronted by nan woman's husband, who rushed location and equipped himself pinch a shovel.

The homeowner and Nichols some sustained caput injuries successful an altercation, constabulary said. Officers later recovered Nichols adjacent nan location and took him into custody.

Police said successful an update Monday that a genitor reported an brushwood betwixt Nichols and their kid that occurred connected April 5.

"Based connected nan investigation, officers wished location was probable origin to apprehension Nichols for further crimes," nan section said, adding that he was booked connected 1 count of annoying aliases molesting a child.

Nichols was arraigned successful Solano County Court connected Monday. Judge William Pendergast III raised his bail from $35,000 to $250,000.

Nichols' adjacent scheduled tribunal day is April 23, according to jailhouse records.

Fairfield is simply a metropolis of astir 122,000 successful nan San Francisco Bay Area.

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