Hi folks, Jay from PA here.
Toward the goal of not forgetting that the home of one of our own kossacks was invaded recently, with the perpetrator assaulting her and battering her before she could call for help, I'm going to share with you a number of other home invasion stories that have crossed my computer screen lately.
This may seem like a lot, but it's just a fraction of the total, and only covers two weeks of late august and early september. I'd like you to be sure to read through each link...
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HUGHSONVILLE – State Police in Dutchess County are looking for a man who entered a woman’s home through the back door early Thursday morning and sexually assaulted her.
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"A female victim advised that she was startled by a white male wearing a ski mask and armed with a knife in the hallway of her residence. The suspect then physically battered her but she was not struck or harmed by the knife.
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Elmwood home invasion
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Why do people not check their doors?
Monticello home invasion under investigation
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Herrin Homeowner wrestles with would-be burglar
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Do you really think banning guns, just like the most gun-banningest state there is (New Jersey), is going to end murder?
Trial Ordered for Kensington Man In Girlfriend’s Brutal Murder
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The news has been touching on the Petit case for days. That's the one where the home invaders demanded a ransom, the mom was very sure paying the ransom would free her family, and only the dad survived.
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Resident bound with duct tape during Lake Villa home invasion
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"He took me and slammed me into this door frame. That's where I almost lost consciousness and from there he just body slammed me into the rug, just picked me up and boom," said Hilgendorf.
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Police found that two male suspects entered the home in the first 100 block of Filkow Bay and sprayed three people with pepper spray.
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Are you in a nice area? Low crime? Does this make you a soft target?
The neighborhood, located on the outskirts of Huntersville, is a low-crime area, according to CMPD. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 29, only six incidents were reported to police within a half-mile radius of the Autumncrest Road home invasion.
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Do you know when and where you are most vulnerable?
According to Miami-Dade Police spokesman Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, 74-year-old Antonio Alvarez was parking his car inside his garage in the 14-thousand block of SW 80th Street Sunday night around 9:30 p.m. when three men wearing ski masks and dark clothing approached him.
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Police said the woman, 55, was on the phone when a man entered her home about 10.45pm, put his hands over her eyes and told her to hang up.
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The Wilkes Sheriff’s Department report says that Melissa Leann Higgins answered a knock at her door at about 4:30 Sunday morning, finding a white male there who asked to use her phone.
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The man, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and a white cloth over his face, knocked on the door of the woman's mobile home on Costa Drive shortly after 3 p.m., said Kevin Doll, spokesman for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
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The intruder kept a 63-year-old man, 49-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl in the home for more than three hours while he searched the residence, police said. He stole several undisclosed items, then drove away in the Nissan.
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Two teens, accused in the rape of a 90-year-old woman on Detroit’s west side and ransacking of her home last month, have been bound over to Wayne County Circuit Court on all charges
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Here's one local to me.
Two men are charged with a home invasion robbery in Palmer Township and police said the men broke into the disabled woman's home Thursday because they needed money for beer, according to court records.
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Here's another one local to me. There's been a string of home invasions, 9 total last I knew, no leads for the cops. The people at home had their air conditioners running, so never heard a damn thing. Cash and electronics stolen while they slept, and all those people are damn lucky the invader was only after material objects.
Then an attempt was made and broken off. Watch this guy they think is cracking houses...
It's a good thing that neighbor randomly spooked him by coming out onto their back porch, and he neglected to move the garbage can back to the window. But it's a lesson to LOCK YOUR WINDOWS AND DOORS!
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MIAMI, Okla. — Four defendants, who were charged with murder when an accomplice in a Miami home invasion was stabbed to death by an occupant, pleaded guilty to amended charges Friday and received prison sentences.
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Home invader fatally shot by armed homeowner
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World War II veteran fights off suspect in Cape Cod home invasion
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The woman said she put down the baby and yelled for her husband. The man tried to shock the couple with the Taser, but they chased him into the garage, where the husband held the man down while his wife beat him with a leaf blower and a tennis racket, the husband said.
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Gabbard was compliant with the intruders’ demands, but "felt imminent danger coming his way," according to Chief Deputy Anthony Dwyer. That’s when Gabbard went to another room and returned with a 7.62 mm caliber semiautomatic rifle
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He pushed her face into the mattress so hard she could barely breathe, and told her not to move or yell. But she fought back.
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The new neighborhood status symbol was a laser sight (for a gun). But "He" continued breaking in, each home invasion becoming more violent. The police were here in full force, in uniform and undercover, for months. The Sheriff's Department sent men and dogs. "He" kept breaking in, playing his crazy version of catch me if you can.
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Most home invasions happen in broad day light, when the family is feeling secure and the doors are unlocked.
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"...but number one about the gun: I could barely get this drunk to let me go, it was positively the scariest thing that ever happened to me EVER. I could not get away...it I'd had a gun, he would have gotten it away from me, no doubt about it."
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There's no reason the next time has to be like the first time. No reason at all. And remember that the cops can't come until after 911 is dialed on the phone. And then you add a bit of time for the dispatch officer to send the info to a rolling unit. Finally, you have to sit tight waiting for some cops to make their way from wherever they happen to be to you. How's the response time of the cops lately? Is the budget crunches removing officers and equipment, making responses longer? Is the overwork causing your crime to be given less attention then it merits, because there just aren't enough hours in the remaining cops' day?
If you aren't going to let the next time be like the last time, what are YOU going to do to make it different?
KV warning: some viewers/listeners might find the youtube video below disturbing.
It's not easy to have to shoot someone, especially if you're a police officer in a liberal city like Austin. Officer Leonardo Quintana shoots an armed perp who it turns out is out on bail for armed robbery. He appears to be suffering from PTSD & is fired and the kids family whom he shot sues the city.... The Texas CC class stresses the probable legal & financial costs associated w/ a justifiable shooting
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Former Austin officer Leonardo Quintana, who is also named in the suit filed today, fatally shot Sanders in May 2009 in an apartment complex parking lot after officials said they struggled for a gun.
Quintana was suspended for 15 days for not activating his patrol car camera, but Police Chief Art Acevedo found that his use of deadly force did not violate departmental policy. Quintana has since been fired after a drunken driving arrest in January, but is appealing the termination.
The wrongful death suit said that Quintana violated Sanders’ civil rights, among other allegations. The city this year was dropped from the suit, which also named Quintana, but the city is still responsible for any damages against him.
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The shooting "is something I don't think anybody, police officer or not, wants to do in a lifetime," Quintana said. "It is something extremely difficult to have to live with and deal with."
A decision by hearing examiner Louise Wolitz is not expected for at least a month.
Assistant City Attorney Michael Cronig said that according to a recent Texas Supreme Court ruling, Wolitz can reinstate Quintana with no discipline, issue a suspension of up to 15 days or uphold the termination. Hearing examiners have traditionally had the option of issuing a suspension between 16 and 90 days.
Police officials have said that Quintana fatally shot Sanders in May 2009 outside the Walnut Creek Apartments on Springdale Road after the two struggled for a weapon.
(And something not DGU related follows. I'd like to point out that we're not advocating being crazy and shooting at police. I'd think that's common sense, but people have accused us of worse. -KV)
An 'Insurgency' of one holds of 100-150 LEO's
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Victor White, 55, of Odessa, surrendered as SWAT team members in an armored vehicle closed in on him outside his trailer in Odessa, Earlier, White got inside a sheriff's vehicle and used the radio to urge snipers to make him a martyr. The two Ector County deputies were hospitalized in fair condition Saturday, and the other man, who went to trailer in some kind of property dispute, was treated and released, authorities and hospital officials said. Throughout the standoff, White sporadically opened fire on a DPS helicopter and on officers from a large dirt mound that contained trenches, bunkers and fighting positions, Barton said. The barricade, which had a white cross and flagpole on top, was built near the trailer where White lived with no utility connections on property that covers several acres. "It was a service call for some kind of dispute, something to do with vehicles or a water well," Barton said. Barton said White began firing and struck all three men. When they retreated for cover, White got into a sheriff's department truck and began making threats on the radio, Barton said. "He got on the radio and basically was spouting off things about the deputies and law enforcement, making political and religious statements and making comments urging the snipers to make him a martyr," Barton said. Barton said White has connections to white supremacist organizations and longtime links to the Republic of Texas, There were between 100 and 150 officers at the scene, "From the FBI all the way down to the dog catcher," he said.