Bond has been set at $100,000 for a 31-year-old Centralia man who has been charged in Marion County Court with home invasion, aggravated battery, criminal trespass to property, and battery.
Braulio Romero of South Sycamore is accused of breaking into an apartment at Library Apartments early New Year’s morning. Once inside he’s accused of pulling the alleged male victim out of his bed and then causing injury by choking him with his hand.
The public defender was appointed to represent Romero. If released on bond, he was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim, his residence, or place of employment.
Centralia Police had initially been called to a disturbance at the Library Apartments at 4:35 New Year’s morning where they were told an intoxicated male was trying to go into apartments to fight people. Police say Romero had also threatened to kill the alleged victim.
