Ti man charged with fondling teen

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June 25, 2009

By LOHR McKINSTRY The Press Republican Thu Jun 25, 2009, 11:52 PM EDT

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TICONDEROGA — A man who entered the wrong home after consuming alcohol was jailed Thursday for allegedly fondling a teenage girl who lived there.

Joel A. Breault, 21, of Ticonderoga was walking on a residential street in that community at about 4 a.m. when he entered a home, according to Ticonderoga Town Police.

Officer-in-charge Sgt. Mark Johns said Breault entered a bedroom in the home.

"He awoke a 13-year-old girl in the residence by molesting her."

The girl's cries for help awakened her family, who called police. Breault then fled, police said, and was apprehended walking away from the residence.

Breault was charged with felony second-degree burglary and misdemeanor forcible touching.

He was arraigned before Ticonderoga Town Justice Keith Dolbeck and sent to the Essex County Jail when he couldn't pay $15,000 cash bail or $30,000 bail bond.

Police said Breault did not know the people in the home.

Breault is already facing charges of third-degree burglary, third-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree criminal mischief for allegedly breaking into the Tuffertown-Route 9N Liquor Store in Ticonderoga in January and removing $11,000 worth of alcohol.

He is also accused of second-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief for allegedly breaking into an apartment on the Portage the same month.

He had been released on bail on those charges.

E-mail Lohr McKinstry at: lmckinstry@pressrepublican.com