SHELTON, Neb. (KSNB) - Deputies say a Shelton man is facing several charges after refusing to leave a house he broke into Thursday.

Authorities were called around 11 a.m. about a trespasser at a house in the 500 block of F Street in Shelton. No one was else home at the time, but when officers arrived, they found 41-year-old Giovanni Morales inside.

Deputies say Morales, who already had an active misdemeanor warrant, wouldn’t come out. Instead, he locked the doors and barricaded himself in a bedroom. Negotiators tried talking him out, but he stayed put.

With help from the homeowner, officers eventually got inside. Morales still resisted, and a police dog was used during the arrest. He was taken into custody after receiving dog bites.

Morales was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, res

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