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Break-in led to allegations of criminal sexual conduct; suspect tells different story

A group of neighbors and friends were enjoying a pleasant late September night,  having drinks outside their apartment building in Wyoming.  One of the partyers, a mother of a 7-year-old, left about 9 p.m. to get her son settled in for the night.  

A couple hours later, she alleges, one of her neighbors cut a screen window, and entered her bedroom and molested her.

He is now charged with first degree burglary of an occupied residence and criminal sexual conduct.  

The criminal complaint states that the suspect Matthew Alan Meyer, 23  told authorities he had been drinking “captains” that night.  He thought he and the 36-year-old woman had agreed to watch a movie in her apartment, and he suddenly noticed she’d exited the gathering.  

He claims he went to knock on her window and noticed the damage to the screen.  He maintains that he entered the apartment through the unlocked door.

The victim awoke noticing on the clock it was about 11:45 p.m. and Meyer was in her bed groping her.  She convinced Meyer to go into her living room, where she said he continued unwanted sexual advances.

She agreed to walk to his apartment with him, to get him out of her apartment, she told investigators. The complaint information is vague at this point, but somehow she ended up back in her apartment and telephoned police.  

A buck knife attached to the pants Meyer was wearing that night was seized as evidence as possibly having been used to cut the woman’s window screen.


Theft from an outbuilding reported Nov. 3 from unknown address. Loss includes ammo box, duck calls, football.  Generator also stolen from unknown address.

November 5 North Branch Police took a call of a theft of a generator.

November 7 there was a call of an attempted forced entry to a facility in Wild River State Park

November 9 an alleged intoxicated driver detained while operating a front end loader in Stacy about 1:10 a.m. Deputy happened to be in Stacy for a medical call at the municipal bar and observed the poor driving.

At 2:40 p.m. a fire call dispatched Harris firefighters to a grass fire near I-35.

BOOKED
November 3
Mark William Latimer, 56, Rush City Prison.  Booked by county, held for court.
Austin Bryan Gustafson, 27, Wisc. Booked by county, held under sentence.
Jacob Paul Christensen, 31, Mpls. Booked by county, held under sentence.

November 4
Michael James Westaby, 32, North Branch. Booked by county. Held.
Nicholas Scott Lundquist, 24, North Branch. Booked by county, held under sentence.
Dale Alen Negen, 58, Stacy. Booked by county. Held under probation conditions.

November 5
Patrick Clement Richardson, 48, Wyoming. Booked by warrant. Held.
Justin Eric Buckley, 33, North Branch. Booked by Dept of Corrections. Held.

November 6
Artevis Dewayen Glaze, 36, St. Paul. Booked by county. Held.
Seth Allan Millner, 27, Wisc. Booked by warrant. Held.
Joshua Blake Prokosch, 21, Taylors Falls. Booked by county. Held.
Eliseo Javier Pantoja, 38, Chisago City. Booked by arrest and detain order. Held.
Dylan Alexander  Hamilton, 20, Stacy. Booked by warrant. Held.

November 8
Sara Marie Perrin, 33, Harris. Booked by warrant. Held.

November 9
Alexander Paul Thomas, 23, Forest Lake. Booked by   county. Held.
William Arthur Tacheny, 26, Crookston Booked by Anoka County. Held under sentence.
Michael Richard Mechelke, 29, Lindstrom. Booked by Hennepin County. Held.

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