Woman struggling with her keys sees 'shadow' move and realizes man followed her home from bar before trying to force his way inside: Police

A woman was fumbling with her keys at the front door of her Pennsylvania home when she said she saw a shadow — realizing that a man had apparently followed her home from a nearby bar.

Anthony Bartos, 26, has been charged with stalking, possessing an instrument of crime, loitering and prowling at night, disorderly conduct, and harassment, according to the Bellevue Borough Police Department. He was booked into the Allegheny County Jail and had his bail denied on Monday, court records show.

On Sunday, around midnight, Jerah Jorinscay was walking home from a bar in Bellevue, Pennsylvania. It was about a six-minute walk in the borough just northwest of Pittsburgh, and she thought she was being vigilant, she told regional ABC affiliate WTAE.

She reached her home's front door and soon encountered a harrowing sight.

Ring camera footage obtained by the TV station shows an individual wearing a baseball cap and dark gloves approach her and place a hand on the screen door as Jorinscay tries to enter her home.

"When he saw me struggling with my keys to get the top lock open, and that's when he approached the porch, and I saw his shadow of his face like move behind my head," the victim recounted.

"Holy f—!" she appears to yell. "Who the f— are you?!"

The suspect leisurely trots down the porch's steps after being confronted and laughs, the footage reveals. Jorinscay continued to yell, warning someone near her, "Somebody just f—ing tried to come into the house … call the cops!"

Jorinscay said the suspect — later identified as Bartos — not only laughed as he left the area, but told her to "calm down."

"I hope he's laughing in jail right now," she added.

Police said they were called to the home on Hallett Place in Bellevue at about 12:40 a.m. The caller said "she had been followed home from a local bar and a male attempted to enter her residence as she was unlocking the door."

Investigators apparently spoke with Jorinscay, reviewed the Ring doorbell footage, and identified Bartos as their suspect. He allegedly followed her for blocks and put gloves on as he approached her.

"He knew what he was gonna do," the victim told WTAE.

The following day, officers showed Jorinscay a photo lineup of Bartos, and she reportedly identified him as the suspect. Investigators are said to have also learned that he was already charged in McCandless, Pennsylvania — mere miles away from Bellevue — with prowling and harassment, and he also faces gun and assault charges.

"It wasn't just me," Jorinscay said. "But I was at the wrong place and at the wrong time for him."

The victim added that she shared her story in hopes of making sure nothing like this happens again.

"He doesn't see the sky no more. No more, he doesn't get to walk freely," she continued. "That was the most freeing feeling, to watch that man run away from me. … Me, no, you run, not me. You."

Bartos has a preliminary hearing in this case scheduled for Aug. 27.