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More home invasions stress that only you can protect you PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Garvas   
Wednesday, 15 June 2005

Criminals in the Columbus area are proving yet again that we are no longer safe in our homes. The police are also proving still that they cannot be there to protect us - only to clean up after the crime.

Report June 14, 2005 Bexley, Ohio

College Students Beaten, Robbed
    A pair of Capital University students living off-campus were tied up, beaten and had their cellular phones and credit cards stolen by a couple of men who were apparently looking for drugs.

    When one of the students awoke, he could barely believe what was happening. He said he was being pushed face-first into a pillow.

    "I was duct taped with my hands behind my back and my legs together with pillows over my head and told if I moved I was going to die," said the student.

    The two men ransacked the house, taking electronics, wallets and credit cards, Bowersock reported.

    The two were pistol-whipped repeatedly as the thieves continually asked for cocaine.
Report June 13, 2005 Columbus, Ohio

Men Pistol-Whip Homeowner, Hide Inside Other Home
    Police said three men broke into a home located on Geers Avenue on the city's southeast side at about 12:30 a.m. and demanded money from the man who lived there, who police identified as Lawrence M. King, Jr.

    When King, 20, said he did not have any money, he was choked and struck several times in the head with guns while the suspects searched his pockets, police said. The men drove off in a white Buick, McPeek reported.

    The men ended up in a home a few blocks away on Stanley Avenue. At about the time the men arrived, the man who lived in that house came home, McPeek reported.

    This story goes on to say that after about two hours with the SWAT team surrounding the house a cousin of the man who lived there was able to talk everyone into coming out. The three men were taken into custody.
Report June 12, 2005 Columbus, Ohio

Women Flee, Man fights Off Attackers
    Police investigated a home invasion on the city's southeast side Saturday where a resident put up a fight forcing the attackers to run off.

    Two men busted inside the home at about 1 p.m. wearing ski masks and brandishing guns, police said.

    Officers said three adult women escaped with an infant and called for help, while one man stayed inside and fought with the men, stabbing them with a knife. The attackers then ran off.
Despite calls to the police after the fact, they did not arrive until after these criminals had already terrorized their victims. While one man was able to fend off his attackers with a knife the others were pistol-whipped and choked during these brutal home invasions. Luckily these victims survived to tell their stories.

Let these three incidents be a reminder that only you can be prepared to defend your family and your home against these type of attacks.