AUSTIN — A St. Cloud man who allegedly broke into an Austin home early Thanksgiving morning was criminally charged Monday in Mower County District Court.

Barry Taylor, 29, faces first-degree and second-degree burglary charges — both felonies — after a 16-year-old boy positively identified Taylor as the man who was in his living room, according to court documents. Taylor is scheduled to enter a plea Dec. 8.

According to a court complaint, police were called to the 600 block of First Ave. NW around 3 a.m. Thursday morning on a report of a burglary of an occupied residence. The 16-year-old in the house said he was in the basement when he heard loud banging noises upstairs. When he went upstairs to investigate, he saw a man standing in the living room.

The teen said the man fled when he saw him, the court complaint states.

A 32-year-old man who was also home at the time of the alleged burglary told police he had evicted someone a month earlier and thought the burglary might be retaliation for the eviction.

Police went to the 400 block of Fifth Place NW, where the man was apparently staying after the eviction, and found several men in an apartment. According to the court complaint, officers saw a man hurdle a piece of furniture and run to the back of the apartment when they knocked on the door.

When they spoke to the tenant, he was initially uncooperative, the complaint states. Officers obtained a search warrant around 6 a.m., though, and Taylor reportedly emerged from underneath the stairs when police went inside the apartment.