Alleged McLean Home Invader: I Totally Forgot What I Did

The man who allegedly broke into an elderly couple's home in McLean in 2014 and brutally assaulted them testified Tuesday that he doesn't remember the incident at all because he was on so many painkillers, according to a Washington Post report.

Andrew G. Schmuhl, who is charged with two counts each of aggravated malicious wounding and abduction, took the stand to answer questions from the prosecutor on whether he had barged into the couple's home in the 900 block of Spencer Road on Nov. 9, 2014, tied them up, tasered the man and shot and stabbed the woman.

Schmuhl, who was 31 at the time of the attack, didn't deny the accusation, but said he didn't remember the incident, saying that "I typically don't break into people's houses," according to the Post.

Schmuhl also faces charges of burglary and using a firearm in a felony, and he faces a minimum of 108 years in prison if convicted on all counts and the sentences run consecutively.

Prosecutors say the couple were no random victims: the husband had fired Schmuhl's wife from her job.

Schmuhl's wife, Alecia Schmuhl, was arrested along with her husband about 30 minutes after the home invasion, and Andrew Schmuhl was allegedly wearing a diaper, according to the report.

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