Man Broke Into Bristol Home Naked, Assaulted Woman, Gets Prison

BRISTOL, PA — A man who broke into a Bristol Township family's home naked, then assaulted a woman in her bedroom is headed to state prison.

Anthony Thomas Clayborn, 30, of Bristol, was sentenced this week to 7-18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to burglary, indecent exposure, simple assault, criminal trespass and prowling.

Clayborn admitted he was high on methamphetamine at about 1 a.m. on April 20 when he broke into the Venice Avenue home. He crawled in through a first-floor window and made his way to a female resident's room, where she awoke to find Clayborn naked and standing over her.

When she screamed, Clayborn punched her in the face and ran away. The punch, prosecutors say, knocked out one of the woman's teeth and cut her lip.

Just before he broke into the home, Clayborn approached a woman on Lloyd Street, calling her "mommy" as he walked toward her. He ran away when the woman poked him with an umbrella.

Police were on their way to respond to that incident when they had to respond to a break-in a few blocks away. Earlier that night, Clayborn had been seen entering a shed behind a nearby home, then coming out without his shirt and jacket.

He tried to get into the home's back door, but ran away when a woman inside yelled for her fiance. He then went into yet another home through an unlocked door and went upstairs, again running away when confronted.

Police finally arrested Clayborn around 6 a.m., after finding him four blocks away wearing only a towel.

This week, Judge Diane E. Gibbons also sentenced Clayborn to a five-year term of probation concurrent to his prison sentence for a separate incident in which he exposed himself at the Wawa at 5900 Bristol Pike in Bristol Township.

Police responded to the convenience store in August 2018 to find Clayborn high on methamphetamine, wearing only pants and rambling about people chasing him with guns.

Clayborn pleaded guilty in that case in May.