A man who is accused of breaking into a sport utility vehicle in Brooke County said the whole incident was a big misunderstanding.

Matthew Leavitt is charged with breaking and entering of an automobile and public intoxication after an incident in Follansbee this week. Several women accused him of trying to break into a gold-colored sport utility vehicle and one woman chased him down and caught him until police could get to the scene.

On Thursday, NEWS9 spoke with the woman who ran after Leavitt, but he said he wants his side of the story told.

"I'm definitely not the type of person that goes around and breaks in cars," said Leavitt.

But Leavitt said he was shocked that his day on Wednesday ended with a stay at the West Virginia Northern Regional Jail, saying he thought he was getting into a friend's SUV.

"All I was doing was trying to get a ride home that night. That was it. And my friend said he'd give me a ride," Leavitt said. "He said, 'I have a gold SUV. Just go ahead and go sit it.' He said, 'The doors are unlocked.'"

Leavitt said he saw a gold-colored SUV and the door was unlocked.

"All I did was open the door of the thing and I had girls screaming at me that I'm breaking into their car," he said. "I said, 'I'm not breaking into anybody's car. This is supposed to be my friend's car.' … They didn't even give me a chance to explain myself. They started coming at me and attacking me."

Leavitt said he's had up to 15 friends call since his arrest to ask him what happened and he doesn't want his family to think he's breaking into other people's property.

"My mom always taught me you don't hit a girl or anything like that. Stay away. Just walk away from the confrontation. And that's what I was doing. I was walking away and they kept chasing me and chasing me and chasing me. And that's when the cops showed up," he said.

Leavitt was released from the Northern Regional Jail on $1,100 bond Thursday afternoon. His case will be heard in the Brooke County Magistrate Court but an appearance had not been scheduled as of Friday.

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