Home invasion?

Thursday, Jan. 22

http://www.lakeelmoleader.com/articles/index.cfm?id=9182§ion=news

This one is...different. If you get a message from a stranger telling you to open your door, after spending 2 days getting messages from a strangers demonstrating that your are being spied on, don't open the door.

According to police, the resident said that for the previous two days, he had been receiving “bizarre” and difficult to understand text messages on his cell phone referring to events occurring in the home.

In one message, the unknown caller wrote that he could see a Burger King commercial playing on a television inside the residence. In another message, the caller wrote, “You left your girl home alone again.” In all, the man and his 21-year-old girlfriend, who also lives at the residence, received 35 similar text messages.

Shortly before the alleged assault, the man received a text saying that the unknown caller would be at the door of the residence. When the man called the girlfriend, he said, she told him she also received a text telling her to open the front door, which she said she did.

Further, if you are getting messages at work mentioning your loved ones at home alone, quit leaving them home alone. If some psycho says he's at your front door, call the cops and hurry home.

Frankly, this smells a bit fishy. There were too many common-sense mistakes. This is the plot for a few low-budget horror films.

Mpls. home invasion victim turns tables on gunman

01/21/2009

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S756218.shtml?cat=206

This is an interesting case.

According to officials, 41-year-old Walter Brown found an unlocked door and a victim who he believed was smaller than himself that he could easy overpower on Dec. 10.

Kent Fenske, who was barely awake, saw an armed Brown coming at him inside his Minneapolis apartment along the 1800 block of 10th Avenue South.

"He walked in and I said, 'Who are you?' And he said, and this is a quote, 'I'm your worst nightmare," Fenske told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

First, the standard reminder: Lock your doors.

"He had mentioned that he had been hearing voices and the voice were telling him that he had to kill me. He said that quite a few times and I just said, 'Well, you don't always have to listen to those voices,’" Fenske recounted.

Over the next 20 minutes, Fenske offered Brown a cup of tea, asked him if he’d like to call his mother or use the phone, and gave him $50. Brown, who has lengthy criminal record, then agreed to leave.

The victim actually won an argument against the voices in the criminal's head. That's impressive.

Burglar strikes while man sleeps

January 15, 2009

http://www.sctimes.com/article/20090115/NEWS01/101150038

An investigation revealed that between 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, someone entered the residence and stole numerous computer items.

The homeowner was inside and asleep during the burglary.

Men robbed at gunpoint during Uptown poker game

01/14/2009

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S744606.shtml?cat=206

Police are looking for three armed men responsible for a home invasion in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis.

Officials said the incident just before 9 p.m. Tuesday near 27th Street and Dupont Avenue.

Inside the apartment complex, the three tenants were holding a weekly poker gathering when the three suspects barged in, tied them up, and brandished pistols.

The thugs also fired a round into the wall. In your home, tied up, there are no defenses left, except for hoping the neighbors call the police. Lock your doors.

Brooklyn Park police nab three in morning robbery

January 6, 2009

http://www.startribune.com/local/37147564.html?elr=KArksUUUU

The masked suspects were toting handguns when they gained access to a residence on the 1900 block of S. Meadowwood Court around 8:45 a.m. The perpetrators used tape to restrain the homeowner and made off with unspecified items, Roehl said.

The break-in did not appear to be random, but police did not know the relationship between the victim and the suspects.

Remember, there is a difference between "not random" and "asking for it".

Rochester man reports home invasion

1/5/2009

http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=378403

Rochester police are looking for four men who allegedly forced their way into a southeast Rochester residence late Sunday, tried to tie up a man living there and later fled, abandoning their vehicle when it struck a parked vehicle.

The 19-year-old man who lives in the 300 block of 10th Avenue Southeast said he was in the residence about 9:30 p.m. when the four men came to the door. There was a confrontation and the four forced their way in, tried to bind his hands and demanded money.