🚨 Incident Date: September 2022

👧 A 15-year-old girl was attacked by 17-year-old Austin Bailey after she rejected his romantic advances.

📸 Austin secretly took photos of her while she was asleep, leading her to cut off contact with him.

🔪 Later that night, Austin entered her home through a window and violently attacked her with a knife.

🏃‍♀️ The girl managed to escape, and police were dispatched to the scene.

🚓 Officers searched for Austin but could not locate him initially.

📞 Police eventually contacted Austin by phone, where he made threatening statements about police.

🏫 Austin agreed to meet police at a high school but was evasive about his location.

🚨 A 911 call reported Austin's whereabouts, leading police to find him at the Clinty Street apartments.

🔫 Officers confronted Austin, who was holding a knife. They attempted to de-escalate the situation.

💥 A less lethal round was deployed, hitting Austin in the leg, which he claimed was not serious.

🏥 At the hospital, Austin expressed remorse and acknowledged he would face serious consequences.

⚖️ Austin was charged with felony counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and armed burglary.

⏳ He was sentenced to 16 years in prison followed by 4 years of extended supervision.