A Windsor woman was able to fight off a man in a home invasion type breakin.
The suspect broke into her residence at 4:20am on Wednesday, April 11.
Windsor police were called to Shepherd St. near Goyeau after a man entered the home and confronted the woman with a knife.
He covered her mouth but she was able to scream and fight the man off.
The struggle woke other people in the home and the man fled.
The woman gave police a description and a male matching the description was soon found on Goyeau near Giles.
Police arrested the man and also recovered a knife that had been in his possession.
Gavin Wesley, 19, of Kashechewan, Ontario is charged with break and enter, assault with a weapon and several breaches of recognizance.