Man uses baseball bat to beat back intruder

ST. ALBANS, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man fought off an intruder Thursday morning according to county sheriff’s deputies.

A man tried to enter a house on Avesta Drive near St. Albans at about 1 a.m. The door of the bedroom opens to the outside.

The resident picked up a baseball bat hit the intruder who turned and ran from the house. Neither the man nor his wife was injured.

Police are looking for a 5-9 white man with short blonde hair. He’s believed to be about 30-years-old.  





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