Steven S. Burton, 30, had to be rescued from a tree by police officers after he allegedly broke into mother Gail Wilson's house while on drugs and tried to hug her before jumping 50ft off a cliff
An Oregon mother-of-two with muscular dystrophy, said Steven Burton, 30, walked into her home naked on Saturday before saying: 'Hi, honey'
He then tried to hug her while she tried to push him away. As he took her dog and locked it in a back room, she called. Their arrival caused attacker to flee
Burton, who is under arrest, was saved when his leg got stuck in a tree. Officers say he climbed a cyclone fence above the Umatilla River before jumping off a 50ft bluff towards the water
Photo: KPTV
Police said Burton lashed out several times as they tried to rescue him from the tree, and on one occasion even lunged for an officer's gun before they were able to strap him to a back-board
A mother-of-two who suffers from muscular dystrophy has described the terrifying and bizarre moment a naked man burst into her living room before trying to hug her while saying: 'Hi, honey.'
Gail Wilson, a former corrections officer from Pendleton, Oregon, said she thought she was going to be raped or killed after suspect Steven S. Burton, 30, broke into her home on Saturday.
Wilson said the traumatizing incident only stopped when she called the police, Burton fled her home and attempted to jump 50ft into a river before getting stuck in a tree.
The incident began around lunchtime on Saturday, according to the East Oregonian, when Wilson was sitting in her home eating soup while husband Robert and her two children were out of the house.
She said that Burton suddenly appeared in the doorway of her home naked and with a big grin across his face before throwing his arms open and trying to hug her.
Wilson said that because of her weakened muscles she had to wait for Burton to get close before she was able to push him away, Fox 12 Oregon reports.
She recalled being forced to push Burton several times while telling him to stop, before he picked up the family dog and shut it in a room at the back of the house.
Officers said that Burton appeared to be in a state of mind-altered agitation, sometimes seen in people who take PCP or hallucinogen LSD and they were forced to sedate him
Wilson said: 'My first thoughts were, this is it. This is my time. He's going to rape me, beat me, kill me.'
After locking the pet in a back room, Wilson said Burton returned to her living room where he sat on her mobility scooter and looked around for a while.
At some point she managed to dial 911 and said police arrived as Burton was checking out the shed in her front yard, at which point he fled.
Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said Burton ran two streets over to a bank above the Umatilla River, climbed up a cyclone fence, and then dived 40ft to 50ft into the ravine below.
After tumbling down sheer rocks Burton got his ankle caught in between two branches of a tree around two feet off the ground, where he was left dangling until crews came to rescue him.
Wilson (left and right, with brown hair), a former corrections officer who suffers from muscular dystrophy, said she thought she was going to be raped and killed after Burton walked into her home
Roberts
added that Burton appeared to be in a mind-altered state, similar to
the effects of PCP or hallucinogen LSD, and lashed out several times as
he was taken down - including on one occasion where he reached for an
officer's gun.
Eventually
Burton was subdued and strapped to a back-board where he was sedated
before being winched back up the cliff and arrested.
He is now in custody charged with burglary, harassment, disorderly
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