Overview
- Jason Nichols, 30, who forced his way into a Fairfield home on Tuesday, April 7, faces charges after kicking the front door and entering through a sliding glass door.
- Doorbell and interior cameras recorded him identifying himself as “Harry Dresden” and yelling “Where’s your daughter?” before the returning homeowner confronted him with a shovel, and both men suffered head injuries.
- While he was in custody, police added a separate count of annoying or molesting a child under 18 based on a reported April 5 encounter, and officials withheld details because a minor is involved.
- Following Monday's arraignment, Judge William Pendergast III raised his bail from $35,000 to $250,000, and court records list April 23 as the next date.
- He remains jailed on felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, criminal threats, and vandalism, and authorities say he is not a military veteran despite online claims.