A Frederick family was surprised enough when a strange woman walked into their house in broad daylight and locked herself in a bathroom.
Then she emerged from the bathroom naked.
The woman entered the McNeal family’s house in the 600 block of Huntover Lane on Oct. 28 through an unlocked door where two Chihuahuas were sunbathing.
Robin McNeal was at work, but her mother and daughter were inside the house in the Monarch Ridge neighborhood.
“My mother saw her walk in,” McNeal said.
As if she knew the layout of the house, the woman went straight to the bathroom.
“She locked herself in the bathroom, came out butt naked,” McNeal said.
McNeal’s daughter, Kristen McNeal, 22, said she asked the woman to come out of the bathroom. When that failed, Kristen McNeal tried to pick the lock. She was ready to break down the door when it opened to reveal the woman was naked except for a short red jacket. It was unzipped.
The woman walked through the kitchen to the garage, Robin McNeal said.
Kristen McNeal said she locked the woman in the garage to hold her until police arrived.
“I wanted to get her away from my grandmother and the dogs,” Kristen McNeal said. “They were really freaking out more than usual.”
Before police arrived, the woman escaped from the locked garage.
She was seen walking down the street naked, according to charging documents filed in Frederick County District Court.
“I think she was under the influence and just messed up,” Robin McNeal said. “From what I could tell, nothing was missing.”
Neighbors directed police to a house in the 600 block of Bushytail Drive, where officers found Tiaray Conyett Summers, 31, of Frederick, the charging documents state.
Police arrested Summers and charged her with fourth-degree burglary.
Summers denied being inside the McNeals’ house and told police she had been sleeping and just woke up to answer the door.
Summers lives about a mile away on Riggs Court, according to online court records.
Police showed Summers the clothes and a pair of earrings that were left at the McNeals’ house. After repeated questioning, Summers said the earrings were hers. The clothes belonged to a child Summers was supposed to be baby-sitting, according to charging documents.
Summers was released on bail.
The McNeals say they will be more careful about letting their dogs sunbathe in front of an unlocked door.
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