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Woman Waits 35 Minutes On 911 While Intruder Breaks In
News 5 ^ | 1/14/11 | Kim Gebbia

Posted on 01/14/2011 10:28:01 PM PST by pissant

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. - A Williamson County woman fought off an intruder with a vacuum cleaner. She was desperate for help, waiting for almost 35 minutes for law enforcement to arrive.

The single mom described that 35 minutes like the scene of a horror movie as she watched a man walk from windows to doors doing anything to break in to her home.

It was a startling discovery that Robin Ribeiro made at 2 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday.

"I see a man at my door and Amber is up there and I go there is a man!" said Ribeiro.

But Ribeiro was even more shocked by what happened over the next 35 minutes. That's how long it took for her to get law enforcement to her house.

"I am saying the police 'where are they? Where are they?' And they say they are on their way, they're on their way," recalled Ribeiro.

(Excerpt) Read more at newschannel5.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: crime; donutwatch; secondamendment
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41 posted on 01/15/2011 4:56:08 AM PST by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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To: Quiller
Why should they have to?

Exactly, the phrase "castle doctrine" comes to mind.

CC

42 posted on 01/15/2011 5:07:53 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Good heavens Miss Takamoto, You're beautiful!)
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To: pissant

I hope she buys a gun TODAY.


43 posted on 01/15/2011 5:13:35 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Celtic Conservative


What's the big deal, Civilian? We showed up after the Donut Run.
44 posted on 01/15/2011 5:13:48 AM PST by WaterBoard
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To: pissant
All of the cops were on I-95 in Va just north of the NC border looking out for revenue safety.
45 posted on 01/15/2011 5:16:28 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: WaterBoard
She should've had a firearm. If you live rural and you know response time is gonna be longer than an average takeout pizza delivery you need to own a firearm. Or a rabid pit bull, or both.

CC

46 posted on 01/15/2011 5:35:03 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Good heavens Miss Takamoto, You're beautiful!)
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To: pissant
Pick up the phone and call 911, or pick up your 1911, and solve the problem? Easy choice.

5.56mm

47 posted on 01/15/2011 5:38:27 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Kenny Bunk

Who is going to pay it, I bet both the pervert and her don’t have proper papers.


48 posted on 01/15/2011 5:50:25 AM PST by org.whodat
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To: Blue Jays
Two AM break in. It's past Midnight. Midnight sun. Alaska. Palin. Just 4 degrees of separation.

The old "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" was a fun game to play back in the day. Now in the 21st century it's time to play... "6 Degrees of Sarah Palin". Sarah; responsible for everything in 6 degrees of separation or fewer.

49 posted on 01/15/2011 5:54:27 AM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: pissant

Somebody should check the veterinary clinics in town, see how many dogs were shot during the 35 minutes she was waiting.


50 posted on 01/15/2011 6:01:45 AM PST by Notary Sojac (We have had three central banks in America's history: two of them failed and so will this one....)
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To: M Kehoe

She could have told the police dispatcher that she had already killed one intruder and another was trying to break in. I bet LEOs would have been there in less than 5 minutes.


51 posted on 01/15/2011 6:10:19 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (America has two cancers - democrats and RINOS.)
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To: blackbart.223

Call 911. But no matter what the actual emergency is, tell them there’s a mean looking dog in your yard. They’ll be there inside a minute, guns blazing.


52 posted on 01/15/2011 6:15:31 AM PST by Notary Sojac (We have had three central banks in America's history: two of them failed and so will this one....)
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To: pissant
I'd suggest she get a pump action shotgun

And a German Shepherd.

53 posted on 01/15/2011 6:17:56 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Kenny Bunk
Everyone's lawyer sucks, except mine... and yours.

On second thought, they suck too.

54 posted on 01/15/2011 7:02:08 AM PST by metesky (My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
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To: pissant

I am intrigued by this article enough to Google this woman’s name. Other than the attempted burglary article, she bought some athletic equipment of some sort and in the comments section on Amazon she reveals she is a personal trainer. A quick check of the Williamson County, Tn. tax rolls reveals that she lives in Temple Hills, in a dwelling appraised for about $355,000 with a market value near $450,000. That area is located right off Highway 100 and Temple road in a very mature upscale golf course community with the fairway behind the house. The nearest neighbor is approximately 50 feet away and there appears to be a significant amount of shrubbery around the property. Also the article states that there was a third person in the house , a roommate. Having lived in this area for many years I can tell you that is extremely safe, affluent and filled primarily with professionals. The worst type of crime is typically your yard gets rolled. What say you now?


55 posted on 01/15/2011 7:10:42 AM PST by Just_de_facts ("Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it." - George Sand)
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To: sinanju

sinanju, there was a case a few years ago in Phoenix where an intruder was breaking into a woman’s house. She was on the phone with 911. You could here the man pounding on the door while she was frantically pleading with 911. He broke it down and he killed her.

Too many women are victims because they have been taught to believe someone else will take care of them. They are not taught to think tactically. If that happened at my house, trust me. There would have been a completely different outcome.


56 posted on 01/15/2011 7:19:33 AM PST by stansblugrassgrl (PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!! YEEEEEHAW!)
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To: Fresh Wind; metesky; Blue Jays; pissant
.......intruder was a Tea Party member, acting on orders directly from Sarah Palin....

..... I hope the cops took so long because they had to stop and get their Carbon Footprint Kit. Because of all the right wing vitriol, it would not surprise me to learn that the both the intruder and the vacuum lady are both Palin-influenced robots. Since they obviously do not recycle, the law says both must be incarcerated

57 posted on 01/15/2011 9:10:02 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Wanted: 1 Governor, 1 AG, to keep Obama off 1 state ballot in 2012.)
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To: pissant
One 3-inch magnum 12-gauge shotgun shell loaded with 00-buckshot and cycled through a Mossberg 500 would have reduced her wait-time to mere seconds.
58 posted on 01/15/2011 9:18:28 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: JDoutrider
A couple of years ago while I was wandering around my front yard, I saw two guys cruising slowly right in front, then circling back and doing a quick break-in to a neighbor's car.

I called 911 - not so much because this was an emergency, but to point out that if the po-lice hopped right on by there was a good chance the clowns would still be within blocks.

A deputy showed up almost two hours later, pointing out that he'd been across town 'running an errand' for the captain. Opportunity lost, for sure.

59 posted on 01/15/2011 9:25:56 AM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: sinanju
Why don’t they ever just go out the back door while the intruder is kicking down the front?

Sometimes running away isn't an option. She should have had a pump action 410.

60 posted on 01/15/2011 9:26:36 AM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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