Glyndon Police Investigate Burglary and Sexual Assault

The family was asleep but a parent woke up and confronted the intruder in the kitchen, who fled the home.

GLYNDON, MINN. (KFGO) – Glyndon Police Chief Mike Cline tells KFGO News, a man broke into a mobile home shortly after 1 a.m. Friday and during the burglary, a minor was sexually assaulted.

The family was asleep but a parent woke up and confronted the intruder in the kitchen, who fled the home.

Cline says a perimeter was set up and a Moorhead K9 was brought in but the man was not able to be tracked down in Glyndon. However, approximately 8 hours later, the suspect was found in a soybean field near Hwys. 336 and 10, west of Glyndon where he was arrested.  Arrested was 23-year-old Dakota William Michael Moran of West Fargo.

Cline says Moran was a friend of a neighbor and the family of the victim had met him once before.

 Moran is being held in the Clay County Jail on suspicion of burglary and criminal sexual conduct.