Mishawaka couple living in fear after home invasion (think deadbolt will secure them!)

WSBT ^ | Feb 13, 2009 | John Paul

[Red in Blue PA]

Thursday night after dinner, Patti Heare was parked on the couch, watching her favorite TV show before joining her husband, who was already in bed, fast asleep.

"I was watching Ugly Betty and I heard the door jiggle," Heare said. "I thought it was one of my children."

Instead, bold, brazen thieves were lurking outside her home. Their eyes were on the 50-inch plasma television, visible from the window.

"The next thing, it just exploded," she said, describing the impact as one of the men burst in.

Inside the home, muddy footprints were all over the cream carpet, showing the path the burglar made on his way to the flat-screen.

"Then he ran over to the TV and grabbed it," Heare said. "[He] pulled it off the shelf."

Patti sat stunned. She screamed for her husband, Mike, who woke up and went after the burglar.

"Mike ran out there and grabbed the kid through the window [of their car]," Heare said. "The two kids in the backseat said, 'Go, go, go!'"

[Red in Blue PA]

"I had the deadbolt on," she said. "I can't believe they could smash right through."

[umgud]

"I had the deadbolt on," she said. "I can't believe they could smash right through."

I use a different kind of dead bolt.

[AU72]

Obama wanted him to have that 50’ plasma screen.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Lady! They’re just getting their PIE. Get with the program. *SMIRK*

[BobL]

Why weren’t the police there to protect them and arrest the bad guys?

/s

[PowderMonkey]

"When somebody is home, the lights on, the TV on, when they break in your house, you don't feel safe anymore."

Locks are meant to keep honest people honest, and to provide time to employ more effective ahem, "countermeasures" in response to their lapses in judgment.

[MissEdie]

So do we, it’s called a Glock.

[Mom MD]

Note to self - having deadbolt in drawer beside bed does not work when everyone is on the main level. Must remember to keep it with me in the house.

[Kolb]

One word: shotgun

[MHGinTN]

Make that plural ... both need to be armed.

[Proud2BeRight]

And the difference of these guys breaking through the front door to steal your TV and Obama and the rats breaking into your paycheck to steal your earnings?

[Red in Blue PA]

One could end your life! HUGE difference. Don’t even compare the two.

[rockinqsranch]

“One word: shotgun”

Yep, Yesterday was Valentines Day. My wife got a Mossberg 12 ga.

She’s a happy lady.

[Farmer Dean]

Too bad for the guy who tries that at our house.He’s have so many German Shephards on him he’d look like he was wearing a fur coat.Right after that,the shooting would start...

[RedMonqey]

One could end your life! HUGE difference

Try resistance to either of them.

Both depend on whether the person on the other end of the gun is twitchy.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Thank God these people didn’t have firearms.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

And the difference of these guys breaking through the front door to steal your TV and Obama and the rats breaking into your paycheck to steal your earnings?

Obama keeps his pants up.

[Young Werther]

A Warning Sign on the door! Mom should have one too and just be careful when a crossfire is conducted.

[Peter Horry]

“So do we, it’s called a Glock”

I rely on Bill Ruger, but the sentiment is the same. Let’s come up with a slogan, “you come it unannounced and muddy, you leave bloody”

[Mobilemitter]

"I use a different kind of dead bolt."

That be our kind of bolt too. We also have a 100 lb. Rottweiler to entertain unwanted guest while we be excercising dah bolt!