Home Security News

• Robbers Beat Man After Raiding Home; Perpetrators Pretended To Be Stranded To Get Him To Open Door, Victim Says, Then They Rushed In, Tied Him Up, Hit Him With Gun

• July 03, 2007 (Concord, CA) - A Concord man was beaten in his home Sunday morning during a frightening home invasion robbery that began with a ruse at his front door.

  "They almost wanted to shoot me, but God saved me," the 47-year-old victim said Monday. He was still in pain from bruises and swelling on his face and body.

  The man said a loud knock at the front door of his house on the south end of...

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• Man Accused Of Burglary, Attempted Arson

• July 02, 2007 (Asheville, NC) - Police arrested a man for allegedly burglarizing a residence and trying to set it ablaze Sunday.

  Mark Eugene Penley, 27, of Narbeth Road in Asheville, is charged with attempted first-degree arson, first-degree burglary and two counts of burning personal property. Police said Penley burglarized a home on Ridgeway Drive and tried to set it on fire.

  Penley was being held in...

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• At Least Six Break In, Shoot Resident; Homeowner Left With Wounded Hand; Robbers Get Away With Wallet, $4

• June 29, 2007 (Bowling Green, KY) - Police are seeking at least six masked men who burst into a Smiths Grove home just after 1 a.m. today, shooting one man in the hand but getting little for their efforts.

  According to a Kentucky State Police report, at least six men armed with a rifle and handguns entered a house in the 300 block of Sunset Avenue, apparently seeking to rob the occupants.

  They left, however,...

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