Woman uses rifle to run off invader

[retsupt99]

Sarasota, Florida

June 14, 2010

Woman uses rifle to run off invader

A Port Charlotte woman foiled a home burglary early Sunday when she confronted the would-be burglar with a .22-caliber rifle.

Authorities are now looking for an unidentified black man who tried to break into the LaSalle Avenue home around 6 a.m.
Sheriff’s detectives said the woman scared away the man while investigating a suspicious noise outside her house.

The suspect, described as about 6 feet tall, was standing on the lanai when the armed homeowner frightened him.

The man, who was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black shorts, hopped a privacy fence and disappeared.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office at (941) 639-2101, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 780-5477.

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Too bad she missed...

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[mprp]

+1 for a nice big hungry dog to have around too.

[Superhouse 15]

Shouldn't that be black hoodie and brown shorts?

[Janq]

I love this statement...

"The suspect, described as about 6 feet tall, was standing on the lanai when the armed homeowner frightened him."

...That statement cuts two ways depending on ones point of view.

+ Woman with rifle "frightens" BG away, so as to save her own life upon she being frightened by him being there inappropriately...Which is another thing wrong with our society.

- Woman with rifle "frightens" BG away, as a civilian with a gun is a frightening thing to see and think of...Which is another thing wrong with our society.

Had I been he writer I would have used different terminology and a wholly different lexicon overall.

- Janq just reading the lines, line by line

[ctsketch]

They rarely paint the armed citizen as a purely good thing

[ErnieNWillis]

"The man, who was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black shorts" .......with a brown stain in the back....