MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Madera man is in jail after a young girl’s horrifying wakeup call Saturday.

“A little girl woke up to an older male adult in her bedroom,” Madera Police Sgt. Blake Short said.

Madera police arrested 43-year-old Hilario Morales-Santiago on Saturday.

They say he broke into a family’s home at 3 a.m. that morning and tried to sexually assault the 13-year-old girl who lives there.

“She showed tremendous courage and bravery by immediately screaming out to him to leave,” Short said. “And because of her actions, I think that that obviously startled this male, probably not feeling like that would be a natural response of somebody of that age.”

Short says the girl immediately called 911, and the suspect ran away. He says officers arrived in time to see Morales-San

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