DOORBUSTER: Maricopa man nabbed for bedroom break-in, cops say

A Maricopa man was arrested Monday after he admitted to busting down a locked door. His son and his son’s mother were spooked, calling the cops from inside the room. 

A Maricopa Police Department probable cause statement obtained by InMaricopa detailed the incident. 

Shortly after midnight, Maricopa police responded to a home on West Barbara Lane in Maricopa Meadows. A woman told dispatch that Mario Alvarez-Gomez was threatening to break down her bedroom door after she had locked herself inside with the son they shared. 

The woman told officers that Alvarez-Gomez, 27, was livid because their son had fallen asleep with her in her room. She said Alvarez-Gomez wanted to take the child with him. 

When she refused, Alvarez-Gomez broke the door down, she told cops. She also noted she had lodged a chair into the door’s handle to reinforce it.  

Officers saw damage to the door that supported the woman’s statement, they said. 

Alvarez-Gomez admitted to cops that he shouted while busting down the door, according to the probable cause statement.

The alleged door-buster was arrested and booked into Pinal County Jail on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, which is punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of $2,500. 

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