SANTA ROSA BEACH — Deputies responded to a call Sunday evening at Eagle Bay Court in regards to a woman whose husband was choked by a man who had gone to the wrong address.
The woman told officials she heard banging on her door around 11:10 p.m., according to a Walton County Sheriff's Office press releaes. When her husband opened the door, he was confronted by David Lord.
She said Lord burst into their home and started choking her husband.
A scuffle ensued and the man was able to get free. At that point, Lord repeatedly said to the man, “you are the wrong man” and then left the residence, the release said.
The man was able to provide a description of Lord and the vehicle he left in.
Deputies made contact with Lord at the 6700 block of County Road 30A.
Lord was detained and later told deputies that he saw his girlfriend earlier in the evening with a man she was cheating on him with and went to her house to work things out.
He then said he went to the wrong house, knocked on the wrong door and apologized and left.
Lord was charged with burglary of an occupied dwelling and simple battery. Lord was transported to the Walton County Jail, the release said.
