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UPDATED: Man charged in Youngstown home invasion
WFMJ ^ | Mar. 29, 2013 | Michelle Nicks

Posted on 03/30/2013 9:03:07 AM PDT by EXCH54FE

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The man who broke into a 72-year-old woman's southside home by busting through the front window has been charged with burglary.

Alex Melton, 26, told police he was being chased when he entered the home.

It was on Wednesday night at about 8 p.m. when the elderly woman who lives on Ferndale Avenue, on Youngstown's southside says she was forced to defend herself and her property from the intruder.

The woman was in her living room when she heard the front door rattle and saw a shadow walk past her front window.

Then she heard the glass break. The 72-year-old told police that's when she rushed to her bedroom to retrieve her revolver, and began yelling, "leave me alone" and "get out of here!"

The homeowner says she feared for her life and pulled the trigger, but the gun misfired. The woman says she then pulled the trigger of the gun a second time and a shot was fired.

She can be heard on the 911 tape telling the 26-year-old male suspect, "You better sit down! You better sit." Then she asks 911 operators if they can hurry and get a police officer to help her.

The 911 operator seems shocked when she realizes the homeowner is face to face with the intruder, and holding him at gunpoint.

"I got him in the kitchen here," the 72-year-old victim says. "What do you mean you have him in the kitchen," the 911 operator responds.

The elderly woman says, "I got him sitting on the floor in the kitchen" and when asked if she has a weapon on him, she says, "Yes I do."

Police arrive immediately to help. According to the police report, the woman who was sitting on her living room couch was extremely upset.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; gogrannygo; guncontrol; secondamendment; selfdefense
On the 911 tape the victim says, "I shot at him because he wouldn't stop. I had to, as old as I am and on oxygen too."

You then hear the 72-year-old tell emergency operators, "I kept yelling stop, stop! He broke my storm window and the other window, he claimed he was being chased."

No charges are expected at this time against the homeowner for protecting herself inside her home.

1 posted on 03/30/2013 9:03:07 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
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To: EXCH54FE

The homeowner says she feared for her life and pulled the trigger, but the gun misfired. The woman says she then pulled the trigger of the gun a second time and a shot was fired.

Second chance. This is why I carry a revolver and not a skinny semiauto pistol.


2 posted on 03/30/2013 9:22:02 AM PDT by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: EXCH54FE
The homeowner says she feared for her life and pulled the trigger, but the gun misfired. The woman says she then pulled the trigger of the gun a second time and a shot was fired.

Probably one of those eeeeevil Saturday Night Specials.

3 posted on 03/30/2013 9:25:33 AM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: Afterguard
Pistols are to get you to a rifle so you can get to somewhere to call for air stikes....

/johnny

4 posted on 03/30/2013 9:27:24 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: EXCH54FE
the woman who was sitting on her living room couch was extremely upset.

Well, DUH! Shooting a firearm in an enclosed space is loud and upsetting by itself. I'm glad she's ok and didn't have a heart attack or something.

/johnny

5 posted on 03/30/2013 9:29:09 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: EXCH54FE
The homeowner says she feared for her life and pulled the trigger, but the gun misfired.

I've never had a revolver misfire. Semi autos yes. Very,very old ammo, ammo that soaked in water a couple of years?

6 posted on 03/30/2013 9:38:21 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: Graybeard58

WD-40. Never let it get on ammo.


7 posted on 03/30/2013 9:49:17 AM PDT by Paperpusher
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To: Afterguard

so you rack the slide and fire again.


8 posted on 03/30/2013 9:58:07 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Kent1957

An important lesson to gun users. WD-40 is *not* primarily a lubricant. It is a surfactant-lubricant. Big difference.

It’s primary purpose is “water displacement” (thus the WD) to prevent rust, and its lubricant is thinned with volatile hydrocarbons so that it penetrates micro cracks and fissures, including even the tight seal between the bullet and the cartridge, thus mucking up the powder.

And after it disperses, its volatile hydrocarbons evaporate, leaving just a trace of oil behind, far too little for lubrication purposes.

Importantly, if you plan to store your gun for up to two years, the WD-40 company also makes another product, called
Long-Term Corrosion Inhibitor.

http://www.wd40specialist.com/products/corrosion-inhibitor

As an added bonus, LTCI does not damage polyethylene, which is used in vacuum storage bags, if you want to spray your gun, dry it out, the vacuum store it with packets of moisture and oxygen inhibitor. Then pack the bag in 100% silicone kitty litter.


9 posted on 03/30/2013 10:53:23 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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Alex Melton, 26, told police he was being chased when he entered the home.

Give him a C for creativity and ten years in prison to cook up a more credible story.

10 posted on 03/30/2013 10:56:51 AM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: EXCH54FE

My hometown...heading there now for Easter with my mother. This story warms my heart. She lives in a nicer neighborhood but Y-town is like a little Chicago. Democrats ruin...er I mean run the town.


11 posted on 03/30/2013 11:00:34 AM PDT by oust the louse (You need your parents signature to go on a school field trip but not to get an abortion.)
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To: EXCH54FE
The elderly woman says, "I got him sitting on the floor in the kitchen" and when asked if she has a weapon on him, she says, "Yes I do." Police arrive immediately to help. According to the police report, the woman who was sitting on her living room couch was extremely upset.

Any bets they would have taken longer if they didn't feel the need to protect the perp?

12 posted on 03/30/2013 12:03:58 PM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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