Mugshot: Intruder beaten with firewood after breaking into home

Wednesday, December 28, 2016
RALEIGH, North Carolina -- A man accused of kicking in the door of an apartment in North Carolina met his match when a man inside clobbered him with a piece of firewood.

The Raleigh Police Department said it happened Monday on Shanda Drive off Spring Forest Road.
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In his mugshot, 27-year-old Matthew Lawrence Bergstedt has two black eyes and facial lacerations.

Police said after the resident hit him, Bergstedt fled and broke into a vacant apartment nearby. He's now charged with breaking and entering and attempted breaking and entering.
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Police also said it was not a random act as Bergstedt was once involved with a relationship with a woman in the apartment he attempted to enter.
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