A 58-year-old woman knocked a supposed gangster out cold with a crowbar and a glass beer stein when he allegedly tried to sexually assault her.
Prosecutors claim Dorval Grice wrestled with victim Angela Ferguson and demanded sex after climbing through her unlatched living-room window.
But Ms Ferguson allegedly urinated on him and knocked him unconscious with the crowbar she keeps tucked beside her bed for protection.
The dogged American woman from Chicago has described, in colourful detail, how she fought back.
Speaking to FOX 32, Angela Ferguson said: “He kept saying, ‘don’t look at me bitch, I’m the Grim Reaper’.
“So he kept hitting me in the face, and doing blows to the head, so I did this, and I said please, please, why is you doing this?
“You're not gonna put Angie out. And so he should have knew, that where he messed up. I bet he won't break into nobody else's house.”
Long-time neighbour Grice started punching Ms Ferguson when she refused him sex on Monday, according to assistant state attorney Bryan Grissman.
After knocking him out, and after police arrived, she was taken to hospital covered in blood and with bruises across her body.
Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil ordered Grice be held on a $250,000 (£203,000) bail on charges of home invasion and aggravated criminal sexual assault.
Grice is a reputed gang member, according to the prosecution report.
