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   Deonte Marquon Thomas (Credit: Ramsey County Jail)   
      
   The man accused in a burglary and sexual assault last week in St. Paul has now   
   been criminally charged, and court documents are shedding light on the violent   
   nature of the attack.   
      
   St. Paul police announced the arrest of 34-year-old Deonte Marquon Thomas on   
   Thursday, 10 days after the home invasion and assault took place in the   
   city’s Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. He was formally charged with   
   first-degree criminal sexual    
   conduct, first-degree burglary and illegal gun possession on Friday morning   
   and is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Friday afternoon.   
      
   The charging documents state that Thomas broke the glass on the door to the   
   victim’s home at around 4:20 a.m. on April 15, and then reached through to   
   unlock the door. The victim, awoken by the pounding on the door, asked Thomas   
   what he wanted, then    
   handed over her purse after he said he wanted money. However, Thomas then   
   said, “I’m not looking for money” and attacked her, the complaint states.   
      
   According to court documents, Thomas struggled with the woman on her bathroom   
   floor and bed, choked her until she passed out and sexually assaulted her at   
   gunpoint when she regained consciousness.   
      
   The victim told police she thought she was going to die and “felt like she   
   was in hell,” the complaint adds.   
      
   Eventually, Thomas ran away and the victim called police.   
      
   Security videos from the area captured Thomas near the scene at the time,   
   court documents state, and his girlfriend confirmed a still frame from one of   
   the videos was him. The girlfriend also told police that she’d recently   
   found the semi-automatic    
   handgun in Thomas’ vehicle and took it because he’s not supposed to have a   
   firearm due to previous convictions, but she eventually returned it to him.   
      
   When he was arrested, Thomas told officers he “f* up” and was “angry”   
   over life circumstances. The complaint adds that he said he randomly chose the   
   house he broke into and admitted to many of the details except for having a   
   gun and choking the    
   victim. Police later found a gun in his truck and two others in his   
   girlfriend’s home, where he often stayed.   
      
   His prior convictions include dangerous weapons, theft, stolen property and   
   domestic abuse. He faces up to 30 years in prison for sexual assault and 20   
   years for the burglary.   
      
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