A resident was asleep in his home on the 34000 block of Capistrano by the Sea when he was awakened by a noise shortly before 11 p.m. Monday.
According to Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino the resident searched his home but went back to his room after finding nothing unusual in the house.
“A few minutes later the resident heard a noise again,” said Amormino. “This time he armed himself with a handgun.”
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The would-be burglar was later identified as Ross Thomas Wells Mortensen, 26, of San Juan Capistrano.
According to authorities and court records, Mortensen pleaded not guilty to unrelated burglary and theft charges in Orange County Superior Court just hours before being shot to death upon breaking into the house.
Court records also show that Mortensen was facing burglary charges and felony drug charges from separate arrests in October, as well as other drug charges dismissed in July.
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