A North Platte man is in jail following a burglary on Sunday morning.

At around 9:01 a.m., on July 19, officers with the North Platte Police Department responded to the report of two men fighting in the 1800 block of West C Street.

According to Officer Rodney Brown, by the time officers arrived, a neighbor had separated the two men.

Officers began to investigate and learned that one man was a resident of the house, and the other was a would-be burglar.

Brown said the resident of the home had taken his child for a short walk.  When he returned home, he told officers he discovered the suspect, 27-year-old Zachary Perez, inside.

The victim said Perez was wearing gloves and a mask and was holding a crowbar.

The victim said, at this point, Perez hit him with the crowbar and a fight ensued.

The fight moved from inside the house to the driveway, where a neighbor heard the victim calling for help and contacted police.

Following further investigation, Perez was placed under arrest and transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center.

He’s been charged with felony burglary, felony possession of burglary tools, felony 2nd-degree assault, and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

As of Monday morning, Perez was being held without bond.