Home Security News

• Doc's Family Slain In Home Invasion

• July 30, 2007 (Cheshire, CT) - Bouquets of flowers began to arrive near Dr. William Petit Jr.'s home by early Monday evening as friends and neighbors in this quiet suburb responded to the stunning news - his wife and two daughters were dead inside fire-damaged house, the apparent victims of a violent home invasion.

  The prominent doctor survived and though severely injured managed to tell police what happened. His...

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• 3 Men Rob Woman In Home Invasion

• July 26, 2007 (Buffalo, NY) - A Buffalo woman was pulled from her bed at gunpoint, tied up with an extension cord, and robbed during a home invasion early Wednesday at her Phyllis Avenue home, police said.

  The woman’s three children were also at home during the home invasion, but they were not harmed, police reported.

  Three men — wearing stocking masks — broke into her apartment by entering her...

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• Break-in Occurs As D.m Teen Naps On Sofa

• July 25, 2007 (Des Moines, IA) - An intruder boldly moved around a house this week while one of the occupants was sleeping on the living room couch.

  Des Moines police said someone broke into the home of Darryl Browder in the 1900 block of 10th Street on Monday while Browder’s teen-age son was napping.

  Listed as missing from the home were credit cards and other personal property.

  Police...

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