Overview
- Lake County deputies arrested 35-year-old Trey Decloedt on Aug. 8 after a neighbor reported that Decloedt entered the home holding dog feces, threw it at the resident, and a physical fight followed.
- Responding deputies documented a red mark on the homeowner’s forehead and animal feces outside the house, details recorded in the county’s probable-cause affidavit.
- The affidavit says Decloedt then picked up a metal child’s scooter and raised it in a menacing posture while verbally threatening the neighbor.
- Decloedt gave police a different account, saying he was shoved in the doorway and that neighbors had an earlier understanding about entering each other’s homes, while the neighbor provided a recorded message saying Decloedt was no longer welcome.
- Prosecutors charged Decloedt with burglary with battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and simple battery; he posted $16,000 bond on Aug. 9 and is scheduled to appear in Lake County court on Aug. 31.