DE - Homeowner Holds Burglar At Gunpoint

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A thief, dressed for the winter and rummaging through a car outside a Glasgow residence late Tuesday, had the tables turned on him when he was held at gunpoint by the resident he was stealing from until police arrived, officials said today.

New Castle County police charged Ryan Lake, 20, of the first block of Honora Drive, with trespassing, theft, possession of oxycodone pills, possession of drug paraphernalia and burglary tools.

The incident unfold about 11:50 p.m. in front of a home in the 100 block of Michael Lane in the Caravel Woods community, where officers were called to investigate a theft in progress, said police spokesman Senior Cpl. Trinidad Navarro.

An investigation revealed that the victim’s wife saw a man dressed in a black knit cap, winter gloves, a scarf and goggles breaking into their car out front and told her husband.

The husband, meanwhile, armed himself with a gun and confronted the thief, who was still inside his car.

The husband ordered the thief to lie face down in the driveway at gunpoint until officers arrived to arrest him, Navarro said.....

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100630/NEWS/100630035/Cops-Glasgow-resident-captures-thief.
 
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