An intoxicated man tried to assault a deputy and is now faces charges with breaking and entering, and tampering with vehicles, according to the Stafford sheriff’s office.
On April 29, at 11:50 p.m., a deputy was called to a breaking and entering in progress at a home in the 100 block of Barrett Heights Road in North Stafford. The resident said someone forced open the front door and in an attempt to break into the house. The residents heard the sound of the door opening and were able to close the door after a brief struggle with the would-be intruder, according to a sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
The would-be intruder ran away before deputies arrived. A neighbor told authorities he saw the man rummaging through one of his vehicles. Deputies then found a man hiding in the trunk of a car parked nearby, where drug paraphernalia also found, according to a sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
The suspect was then handcuffed and escorted to the back of the deputy’s cruiser. During the process, the suspect tried to hit a deputy with his shoulder in an attempt to run away but failed, states the sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
The suspect was found to be on drugs and had broken into four other vehicles within the area, according to a sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
Curtis Zipay, 30, of Stafford is jailed at Rappahannock Regional Jail on charges of breaking and entering, assault on a law enforcement officer, petit larceny, vehicle tampering, possession of controlled paraphernalia, and public intoxication, according to the sheriff’s office spokeswoman.
