Ralph Cranmer

A Butler man is accused of breaking into a city apartment where his ex-girlfriend was hiding from him Friday night.

Butler police said Ralph W. Cranmer, 57, also threatened to kill two other occupants at the home in the 100 block of West Brady Street.

Police arrested Cranmer on felony and other charges in the incident.

Officers got the call about 9 p.m. for a reported break-in at the apartment, according to court documents. Cranmer was gone by the time police showed up.

But a short time later officers found him in the area of West Brady and North Washington streets. He reeked of alcohol, police said, and appeared to be intoxicated.

Back at the apartment, one of the occupants, a woman, told police that Cranmer had opened the front door of the home and walked in. He told her, documents said, “I'm going to blow your head off.”

Cranmer also is accused of threatening the life of the man who lives there.

“Cranmer wanted to use the bathroom and to also see his ex-girlfriend,” according to a police affidavit, “who was present in the bathroom during this incident.”

Police said the former girlfriend was “hiding” from him “because she didn't want to speak with him.”

Cranmer at one point shoved one of the occupants, who told him she had called police. That's when Cranmer left, documents said.

District Judge Wayne Seibel arraigned Cranmer on a felony charge of trespass, a misdemeanor charge of terroristic threats, and summary charges of harassment and public drunkenness.

He was placed in Butler County Prison on $1,500 bail following arraignment.