Intruder fatally injured during home burglary

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 5-8-2003 | BILL MONTGOMERY

[Cagey]

A would-be burglar died early today after breaking into a Sandy Springs house by jumping head-first through a front window.

"This is a weird one, I must admit," said a puzzled Fulton County police major, Wenda Phifer. "Jumping through glass to get into, not out of some place...I don't know."

The mortally injured suspect attempted to struggle with officers, who dragged him out from under a bed before he collapsed from loss of blood, Phifer said. The 35-year-old man, more than 6 feet tall and 250 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes, died at Northside Hospital.

"He must have cut a main artery," said Phifer. Although the man had no identification on him, Phifer said detectives have some idea of who he may be.

The homeowner, whom police declined to identify, told detectives he and his wife were asleep upstairs in the two-story house on Colewood Way, west of Johnson Ferry Road, and when they were awakened at 2:40 a.m. by the sound of the shattering window.

"The victim ran into the hallway and yelled for the suspect to get out of his house," as the man rushed by him into the bedroom, Phifer said. The suspect slammed the bedroom door in the homeowners' face, she added. Somehow the homeowner's wife got out of the bedroom

The homeowner "grabbed his wife and two sons, and they all got out of the house safely," Phifer said.

Police answering a 911 call pulled the alleged intruder out from under the bed. "He was initially combative, but began to breath rapidly and in moments collapsed. He was in full cardiac arrest when medics arrived," Phifer said.

Phifer could not say whether detectives have any indication of what the man was looking for.

"He did have some money on him, but we don't know if it was taken from the house or if he already had it," Phifer said. Nothing else appears to have been taken, she said.

[JeepInMazar]

Anyone know why the thread with this story was pulled?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/09/britain.livingstone/index.html

[Blzbba]

LOL at the stupid dead would-be thief!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Yeah - it was a Troll.

[skeeter]

Pretty un-funny site.

[So Cal Rocket]

Another candidate for the Darwin Award.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

We won't have to worry about this guy being a repeat offender.

[ctlpdad]

I am glad they called the homeowner the victim this time, not the scum who got what he deserved.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Whats the mandatory waiting period for glass???

[just me]

Maybe this guy's family will try to sue the home owners for having a window...ban windows

[showme_the_Glory]

Will the homeowner be sued for having unsafe glass and then not offering first aid? /sarcasm off

[Fudd]

I suspect that the perp watched one too many TV movies where a body goes flying through a plate glass window. On TV, the glass shatters into millions of pellets and the body goes through with a few minor scratches.

Automobile glass is specially manufactured to shatter - this is a safety feature. Regular plate glass, however, does not shatter but fractures into long, sharp shards that can cause severe injury to bodies trying to go flying through them.

Expect a lawsuit by the perp's survivors (being cynical, I will say three girlfriends with seven offspring) stating that the glass should have been safety glass, posed a risk to the perp, caused pain and suffering, blah blah blah.

[WL-law]

The 35-year-old man, more than 6 feet tall and 250 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes, died at Northside Hospital.

Is the reporter trying to tell us something about the race of the intruder without mentioning race? If so, why? In any event, the clue is too vague for it to be effective as a clue. Odd.

[paul51]

I like it more when they get blasted by a 12 guage but I guess this will do

[freedomlover]

This is 5 miles from me. I'm suprised this bozo didn't get a little lead mixed in with the glass

[Nebr FAL owner]

Dying is an occupational hazard of being a thief !!!!!! If you don't like that particular fact of life the solution is very simple---DON'T STEAL!!!!!

[ClearCase_guy]

The reporter is saying, "I know what the man looks like. I can describe him to you. But my editor only lets us reveal the race of criminals is they are white. So I won't mention race at all."

[Chewbacca]

The money found on the dead intruder should go to the homeowner to pay for the broken window and the steam cleaner to remove the blood stains in the carpet.

[JeepInMazar]

I now understand that a troll posted the article. But isn't the article worthy of being posted on FR?