July 8, 2011
82-year-old Mattie Snow was at home in Toledo, Ohio, when a burglar broke a window and entered the house. Snow retrieved a gun and fired two shots at the criminal, causing him to flee....
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July 7, 2011
Around 8 a.m., a homeowner in Bainbridge Island, Wash. found a criminal rifling around his kitchen. The homeowner ordered the intruder to leave, but the burglar instead grabbed a knife...
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July 1, 2011
At around 1 a.m., the owner of Jepson Drug in Siloam Springs, Ark. was asleep in the pharmacy’s office when a criminal broke into the store. After retrieving a firearm, the owner went...
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June 28, 2011
Feigning an interest in purchasing a motorcycle listed for sale on Craigslist, three criminals arranged a meeting with the owner in the Powelton Village section of Philadelphia, Pa....
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June 24, 2011
A robber armed with a gun entered the EZ Pawn pawnshop in San Antonio, Texas, raised the gun in the air and announced a robbery. A customer, who is also a Right-to-Carry permit holder,...
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June 23, 2011
A man armed with a knife entered the Arkansas Gold and Silver Exchange in Fayetteville, Ark., stabbed clerk Chris Leach in the arm and attempted to rob the store. Leach was able to...
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June 22, 2011
A group of around 25 teenagers broke the windows and door of a house in Kansas City, Mo. before they were confronted by the next door neighbor and military veteran Robert MacBride and...
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June 17, 2011
Around 3 a.m., a woman driving her one-year-old son pulled her vehicle into the garage of her home in Rancho Cordova, Calif. As the woman exited the car, two men who had followed her...
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June 15, 2011
A criminal attempted to break into a house in Mountain Home, Ark. by throwing a concrete block through the window of a door that led into the bedroom of the homeowner's four-year-old...
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June 3, 2011
A robber armed with a knife approached a man in his car at the Power Wash car wash in Colorado Springs, Colo. and demanded money. The driver feigned reaching for his wallet, but retrieved...
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June 2, 2011
A burglar in in Pintlala, Ala. had an unlucky night when he ran into not one, but two, armed citizens. First, when Tim McCullough arrived at his home, he noticed that the house had...
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May 26, 2011
Around 4:30 a.m., a woman in Columbus, Ohio was entering her vehicle to head to the gym, when a robber confronted her. The woman screamed, alerting her boyfriend who was in a nearby...
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May 23, 2011
Around 2:30 a.m., a 78-year-old homeowner alerted police to a man trying to break into his home in Corpus Christi, Texas and armed himself with a handgun. Police arrived to see the...
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May 20, 2011
Around 4:30 a.m., two masked and armed men entered a Walgreens pharmacy in Benton Township, Mich. in an attempt to steal prescription drugs. One criminal guided a store manager at gunpoint...
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May 19, 2011
After assaulting his girlfriend, a criminal followed her to her parent’s house in Mauriceville, Texas and forced his way inside. When confronted by the girlfriend’s parents, the criminal...
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May 18, 2011
For the second time in less than a month, a burglar waited until Maryanne Stark left for work, and then attempted to break into her Roswell, N.M. home. This time a neighbor witnessed...
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May 17, 2011
A woman was alone in her Clarksville, Tenn. home when she heard two intruders kicking the front door. The woman retrieved a .40-caliber handgun, yelled to warn the intruders she was...
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May 12, 2011
A woman was at home taking a shower in Gwinnett County, Ga., when an intruder armed with a knife turned off her bathroom lights and attacked. The altercation caused the woman to fall...
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May 10, 2011
After being dropped off by a getaway driver at around 3:30 a.m., a criminal broke into a home in Floyd County, Ind. through a garage door. A resident of the home became aware of the...
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May 4, 2011
A 50-year-old woman was at home in Flint, Mich., when a criminal attempted to break in through a window. The woman retrieved a gun and warned the intruder that she was armed. Undeterred,...
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April 29, 2011
By now, would-be looters should be well aware of the adage “you loot, we shoot,” popularized during the periods of unrest following hurricanes Andrew and Katrina. In the wake of the...
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April 27, 2011
Around 7 p.m., a man in Chalmette, La. noticed a criminal burglarizing his truck while a second criminal waited in a nearby getaway vehicle. The truck owner retrieved a handgun and...
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April 26, 2011
Police arrived at the U.S. Money Shop in Chattanooga, Tenn. to find an armed criminal attempting to rob the store. After realizing police had arrived, the criminal fired through the...
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April 22, 2011
Presbyterian Minister Kimani Wright and his son arrived home in Hillendale, N.C. to find the house had been broken into. Wright retrieved a gun, went inside to investigate and discovered...
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April 20, 2011
Around 2:30 a.m., Wesley Hall went to check on an often burglarized home he owns in Omaha, Neb. and noticed signs of a break in. After retrieving a pistol, Hall entered the house and...
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April 18, 2011
Owner Nick Akoury was tending to the Neptune Corner Pet Store in Cleveland, Ohio, when two masked and armed robbers entered the store. The robbers pointed their guns at Akoury and ordered...
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April 14, 2011
After hearing noises coming from the upstairs of his Stony Landing, S.C. home, Cecil Barwick retrieved a handgun and went to investigate. On the stairs, Barwick encountered a masked...
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April 13, 2011
Three men, at least one of whom was armed with a gun, broke into a home in East Islip, N.Y. around 2 a.m. and shot a pet dog. The homeowner became aware of the intruders, retrieved...
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April 11, 2011
After having a cigarette, Chris McCrary was re-entering his apartment in Huntsville, Ala. when a masked intruder entered the home. After a physical altercation, McCrary was able to...
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April 8, 2011
A criminal wearing a bandanna over his face approached a driver sitting in his car in Lakeland, Fla., and pointed a gun at him. The driver responded by retrieving a gun and firing at...
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April 7, 2011
A woman in New Orleans, La. had just entered her home along with her three children, when a criminal armed with a gun followed them inside. Once she saw the intruder, the woman retrieved...
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April 5, 2011
A robber in Miami, Fla. approached a man at around 3 a.m., drew a gun and ordered him to hand over his belongings. The man responded by drawing a gun and exchanging fire with the criminal,...
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March 30, 2011
The owner of a Christian counseling service in Columbus, N.C., stopped by the closed business in order to pick up some items, but found an intruder inside. Once discovered, the criminal,...
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March 29, 2011
Around 1 a.m., a homeowner in Houston, Texas awakened to a suspicious noise, retrieved a gun and found an intruder inside his home. The homeowner ordered the criminal not to move several...
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March 24, 2011
Around 12:30 p.m., two hooded and armed men entered the Jules Market in Flint, Mich. One of the robbers stayed by the door to act as a lookout, while the other drew a gun, went behind...
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March 22, 2011
An armed robber entered a McDonald’s in Sunland, Calif. and attempted to rob the clerks. Unfortunately for the criminal, the McDonald’s is often frequented by a retired police officer...
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March 17, 2011
Around 11:40 p.m., the owner of Classic Machine Works & Manufacturing in Tomball, Texas was alerted to a break-in. After calling the police, the owner retrieved a gun and went to the...
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March 15, 2011
Two burglars knocked on the front door of a home in Missouri City, Texas alerting the homeowner, who refused to let the men inside. The criminals then went to the back of the house...
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March 14, 2011
A home invader broke into a home in Tierra Verde, Fla. and was met by a woman living there whom he physically attacked and attempted to carry upstairs. Hearing the woman’s screams,...
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March 11, 2011
A criminal entered an office building in Houston, Texas and attempted to gain access to several locked offices in the building in order to steal from them. The intruder finally gained...
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