POSTED: Monday, August 18 at 4:30pm

"I didn't think that I would ever have to do something like this," stated Jeff Kirchoffner talking about his run-in with an intruder.

It was a week ago Monday night, Jeff Kirchoffner and his family were watching TV inside their home in Sauk City. They heard the garage door close and assumed their daughter was home. But when they called for her, no one responded. So Jeff's wife Nancy went into the kitchen to check, and saw a man standing there.

"I just screamed there was a man in the house," explained Nancy.

Nancy grabbed their granddaughter, ran down the hall, and called 911.

"I was shaking so bad that I had to hold the cell phone with both hands," she went on to say.

Jeff, lying on the floor in the living room, heard his wife scream and ran to the kitchen.

"As I was approaching, closing the door, the gentleman was standing face to face with me," she said as he demonstrated by closing the door in the kitchen.

The man, who police say is Jeffrey Ellis of Lyndon Station, approached Kirchoffner who then punched him in the face.

"He fell backwards hitting his head on the kitchen table," added Kirchoffner.

Kirchoffner jumped on Ellis repeatedly punching him. He then picked him up and threw him out the screen door.

While Ellis was lying on the porch he reached up to try to grab the door. That's when Jeff came out and jumped on him again.

"I can't even describe how I felt," he said. "I went to the next level. I never felt that way before. I guess it was a really warm sensation that went through my body. The only thing I could think of was my granddaughter and my wife in the background screaming. And wondering how I was going to deal with this."

Ellis got away from Kirchoffner, but fell in the front yard where police grabbed him.

When Ellis appears in court on September 11, the Kirchoffner's will be there.

"I am sure glad it was not an elderly couple that lived here. Because I believe it would have been a bigger mess than what it was," concluded Kirchoffner. "I want to see justice."

Ellis has been charged with misdemeanor charges of trespassing, disorderly conduct and two counts of bail jumping. He faces a maximum of about four years in prison and up to $16,500 in fines.