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Related: About this forumEast Ridge (Tn) home intruder stopped by armed residents
A 22-year-old Hixson man is behind bars after police say he repeatedly tried to force his way into an East Ridge home early Sunday morning. It happened on South Seminole Drive.
Around 1:45 a.m. Sunday the Davenport family awoke to a banging at the front door. They asked the man what he wanted and he made it clear-- he wanted inside. From there, they called police and jumped into action to protect themselves.
"My husband said police are on the way, I have a weapon and the guy said 'F that I'm coming in this house' and he was breaking the glass and he had his arm inside the house trying to unlock the door," homeowner Melissa Davenport said.
As her husband fought the stranger, now identified as 22-year-old Chas Scruggs at the door, Melissa Davenport frantically called 911. "I was just telling her I'm so scared I'm so scared," Davenport said.
But, the threat of police didn't stop him from trying to force his way in. "Then he broke our middle door pane and you can see his blood here on the door. He was kicking through this pane of glass here trying to get it open," she said
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/20574246/east-ridge-home-intruder-stopped-by-armed-residents
Around 1:45 a.m. Sunday the Davenport family awoke to a banging at the front door. They asked the man what he wanted and he made it clear-- he wanted inside. From there, they called police and jumped into action to protect themselves.
"My husband said police are on the way, I have a weapon and the guy said 'F that I'm coming in this house' and he was breaking the glass and he had his arm inside the house trying to unlock the door," homeowner Melissa Davenport said.
As her husband fought the stranger, now identified as 22-year-old Chas Scruggs at the door, Melissa Davenport frantically called 911. "I was just telling her I'm so scared I'm so scared," Davenport said.
But, the threat of police didn't stop him from trying to force his way in. "Then he broke our middle door pane and you can see his blood here on the door. He was kicking through this pane of glass here trying to get it open," she said
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/20574246/east-ridge-home-intruder-stopped-by-armed-residents
follow the link.. the woman even called her dad, who lives down the street, to come help because he had a concealed carry permit.
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East Ridge (Tn) home intruder stopped by armed residents (Original Post)
Ghost in the Machine
Jan 2013
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safeinOhio
(32,674 posts)1. Good case for
spending more money on mental health.
bowens43
(16,064 posts)2. Seattle killer had concealed-carry permit, owned 6 guns
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/05/seattle-killer-had-concealed-carry-permit-owned-6-guns/1#.UQE1RfKYX08
Records released today show the man who killed five people and himself in Seattle had a concealed-carry permit and owned at least six handguns, including two .45-caliber semiautomatic pistols used in Wednesday's bloodbath.
Records released today show the man who killed five people and himself in Seattle had a concealed-carry permit and owned at least six handguns, including two .45-caliber semiautomatic pistols used in Wednesday's bloodbath.
Indydem
(2,642 posts)3. What does a 8 month old story have to do with this?
Don't you have anything constructive to add?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)4. In general...
...never has; IMHO, never will.