Pierce County homeowner holds intruder at gunpoint

While a terrifying home invasion in Pierce County and it was all caught on camera when deputies arrived, they found the homeowner turned the tables holding the intruder at gunpoint. Fox 13's A.J. Janneville has more. The suspect, Paul Maestri Williams, in court behind me, pleaded not guilty. Show me your hair. One, two, three, four. Pierce County deputies arrived at a Parkland neighborhood along 12th Street around 8 p.m. Sunday night. The call originally came in for a man asleep on a neighbor's back porch. When deputies arrived, they heard another homeowner down the road yelling. It's very scary for those homeowners when somebody comes into their house talking to the homeowners. They had thought that it was another family member that was in the house. They couldn't figure out what alerted them was initially the dog. And then they came out and found this strange man inside their kitchen. Body camera video shows the homeowner throwing the suspect out of his house. I spoke to someone at the home on Monday where the incident happened. They told me they did not want to talk about it on camera. The state does have concerns for community safety given the nature of these allegations. Maestri Williams appeared in court on Monday. A judge would not let us show his face on television. His defense asked the judge to let him out of jail with no bail. However, the judge decided some bail was needed, setting it at $3,000. If Meister Williams does bail out, the judge said that he cannot return to that Parkland neighborhood. He's expected back in court later this month. Reporting in Pierce County, AJ Janneville, Fox 13 News.