Megan Hoelting broke into the house of her husband’s friend.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: A Texas grand jury has declined to indict a woman who was arrested last year for allegedly breaking into the home of a friend of her husband’s and sexually assaulting the man while he slept, according to the Smoking Gun.
Earlier this month, state prosecutors had filed a motion to dismiss a felony charge brought last October against Megan Hoelting. The Gun reported that the court action was triggered when a Williamson County grand jury “No Billed” the case against the 31-year-old Hoelting.
A district court judge subsequently ordered the dismissal of a criminal complaint that accused Hoelting with burglarizing a home with the intent of committing a sexual assault.
Due to the nature of grand jury deliberations, which are held in secret, it is unknown how the panel reached its decision to throw out the case against Hoelting, who reportedly confessed to the home invasion.
Hoelting was arrested following an incident at the home of a man investigators identified by the initials “MDM.” The man informed sheriff’s deputies that he “awoke to the feeling of an unknown party on top of him,” adding that he “felt the offender place his penis in her mouth.”
“MDM” stated that he recognized the topless woman in his bed as “his friend’s wife.” The man told authorities that he dialed 911 after Hoelting ignored his demands to vacate his property.
The felony complaint charged that Hoelting fondled the man’s genitals and attempted to “perform fellatio upon him.”
Hoelting, a resident of Round Rock, Texas, was arrested three times in the weeks leading up to her October 2014 arrest. In late-March, she entered a no contest plea for a case where in which she was accused of theft.
Hoelting was subsequently fined $500, placed on probation for two years, and ordered to perform 48 hours of community service, according to court records.