Home Invasion Shootings Go Both Ways
Here at Home invasion News, in the past few months it seems to us as though more people are getting shot during home invasions. We wrote about that trend from the victims’ side. But this is a two-way shooting gallery. Home invasion perpetrators seem to be getting shot more often, too. Here are just a few of the […]
One noteworthy “home” invasion happened where animals live: at the Humane Society in Washington, DC. It happened over a year ago, but this puppy theft is the second we’ve seen at Home Invasion News. The question becomes: “Are ‘fighting’ breeds at risk of being stolen?” Perhaps, yes. After the invasion, a Humane Society security guard […]
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January 5, 2012 No Comment
On May 23, two women knocked on a victims’ apartment door, saying their car had broken down. After the door was opened, two men forced entry into the home in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The perpetrators raped the woman and assaulted the man before leaving with two flat screen television and two cell phones. On […]
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Since Thanksgiving, at least four homes have been invaded by gun-toting masked men who bash down doors at night or during the early morning hours. Three people are dead and a boy has lost a finger in the mayhem. Police say that the attackers tend to target homes suspected of stashing cash: drug traffickers or […]
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Entrepreneur George Bardwil, New York’s “linen king,” says a home invasion robbery at his New York apartment on October 3 was carefully calculated. Bardwil, who became wealthy selling home furnishings through his Bardwil Home website, said he frequently hosts large parties in his bachelor pad. He told the New York Post that “I’d invite 10 […]
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Remember Old Cape Cod where Patti Page promised “You’re sure to fall in love”? Not so much anymore. This once quiet community of “quaint little villages” has reported one incredibly persistent home invasion. The victim? A 77 year-old retired nurse with serious health problems that made her the target of eight attempted or completed home […]
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The K9 unit in Plano, Texas, tracked down two masked bank robbers who fled the crime scene on foot, broke into a residence near the bank, and held a couple and their two young grand-children hostage. The two suspects toting guns were caught on camera inside the bank. When they tried to escape in their […]
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Three suspects kicked down a door, threatened two people in the home, and disappeared with stolen property, including a red boxer puppy with a black nose and a blue collar. The puppy belongs to the victim’s step daughter. The incident happened on June 29 in the Norwood section of Cincinnati, Ohio. The first 911 call […]
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Former New England Patriots linebacker Eric Naposki is currently on trial for shooting and killing a wealthy businessman from Orange County, CA. Naposki was arrested in Newport Beach on May 21, 2009. The trial began on June 20. Three days in, on June 22, the former owner of a nearby Ace Hardware store testified that […]
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This story from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has two of the scary earmarks of a modern-day home invasion: multiple perpetrators (five, in this case); forced entry (kicking in the garage door); and stolen property. Thankfully missing were the weapons and the aggravated assault common to serious home invasions. Actually, these guys were a cut-under – under age, […]
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