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A Boston A teenage girl from the area woke up in the middle of the night and found that her home had been broken into by a thief, whom she then expelled from the residence after arming herself with two kitchen knives.
Avery Cormier, 14, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, was at home on the first day of spring break when she heard a man break a window downstairs and start rummaging around, trying to rob the household as if he didn’t know anyone was home. , according to WFXT.
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Police say Cormier then ran downstairs and grabbed two steak knives, which he used to stand up to the thief and drive him away, causing him to drop the items he was trying to steal.
“[She] he started shouting at him: “Get an F out of my house!” You don’t belong here. This is my house, “Cormier’s mother, Diane Tautkus, told WFXT.” He turned and looked at her, and Avery said he looked as shocked and scared as “What?” Here is this child with two knives. And he somehow got away. “
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After the thief ran away from home, Cormier grabbed her cell phone and recorded a video of his escape car coming out of the driveway and calling 911 to provide the information.
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“Someone just tried to break into my house. I’m all alone, “Cormier told the 911 operator in a call released by police. “I walked around the house and scared him. I made a video of his truck leaving, so I have his number.”
Middleborough police then issued a law enforcement council in the area and managed to arrest 58-year-old Joseph Ridge in connection with the alleged crime, saying he was on bail with a long criminal record that includes 140 previous charges, some for violent crimes. dating back to 1980
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Ridge was charged Friday afternoon with aggravated intrusion and entry during the day, border violations and hooliganism.
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“I’m very impressed with her ability to do what she did in this stressful situation,” said Middleborough Police Chief Joseph Perkins. “The fact that she turned on her video camera and filmed him leaving disrupted the case. I don’t know if we could have identified the person any other way.”
Prosecutors demanded Ridge’s bail of $ 100,000, but the president set the amount at $ 200,000.
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