Overview
- The break-in at a Fairfield home, recorded on Ring video April 7, showed a man demanding to see the resident’s daughter before forcing entry through a sliding glass door while a woman and child were inside.
- The homeowner rushed back, grabbed a shovel, and fought the intruder, and police say both men suffered head injuries before officers found the suspect outside and took him into custody.
- Police identified the suspect as Jason Thomas Nichols, 30, who was treated at NorthBay Medical Center and booked into Solano County Jail; the woman and child were not physically harmed.
- Jail records list felony counts including burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism, and criminal threats, and authorities say bail was set at $35,000 with a court appearance scheduled.
- Police said Monday they added a count of annoying or molesting a child under 18 after a witness reported a separate April 5 encounter, a step they announced as the Ring clips spread widely online.