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BLENHEIM, S.C. (AP) -
An 89-year-old South Carolina widow surprised and chased off two burglars who broke into her home by using a fully-loaded .38 caliber pistol she pulled from under her mattress.
Marlboro County Sheriff Fred Knight said he arrived at Ruby Hodge's home Monday morning after she'd used her lifeline emergency device to call authorities.
Knight said 42-year-old Nelson Hawkins of Darlington and 31-year-old Ronnie Stevenson of Lydia were apprehended after a passerby saw a vehicle in Hodge's driveway and took down the license plate number
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tawadi
(2,110 posts)Missycim
(950 posts)How dare she scare those two wayward people? She is a base rude toter who prolly loves to strap a gun or two on before she goes out to the store.
badtoworse
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(7,776 posts)4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)Even in a sarcastic sense, why would you introduce the issue of race in this case?
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(7,776 posts)guaranteed some here would be throwing fits over her description of the events.
doohnibor
(97 posts)I would have thought she would have needed a couple of extra shotguns in case the pistol jammed, a 100-round magazine, tear gas canisters, and body armor to chase them off......