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A home invasion in Winston-Salem ended early Monday morning after the homeowner fired a revolver while the suspects were inside. The home of Delmar Brevard Polite, 47, was broken into around 2:25 a.m. on Thornaby Drive. Polite said it started after he heard his doorbell ring. "I said, who in the world would ring the doorbell at 2:30 in the morning? Next thing I hear was boom, and the door smashed open. By that time I went to grab my revolver." Polite said. Polite said he heard one suspect order his accomplices to get a DVD player, and then he...

A Madison man stopped an attack on a Madison woman by pulling a gun on the alleged attacker Thursday night, Madison police reported. The man with the gun held the suspect, Lorenzo Brown, 24, of Madison, at gunpoint until police arrived, according to a police news release. Brown was tentatively charged with battery, disorderly conduct and resisting, following the incident at an apartment on South Park Street that was reported at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Madison police said the 41-year-old Madison man who came to the 39-year-old woman's's aid would not be charged for pulling a gun on the suspect. But...