Mitchell J. Ferguson

A man possibly impaired on drugs is accused of forcing his way into a next-door neighbor's home Sunday evening in Connoquenessing Township, authorities said.

State police arrested 32-year-old Mitchell J. Ferguson, who they say admitted breaking into the home on Rolling Valley Lane because he thought his girlfriend was there. She wasn't.

He is in the Butler County Prison in lieu of $40,000 bond.

The victim told investigators that she was in her bedroom about 6 p.m. when she heard a loud noise coming from the main door at her home, police said. She went to check and found Ferguson inside.

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