ST. GEORGE — A homeowner who discovered a burglar inside his house Thursday held the man at gunpoint until police arrived to make an arrest.
Eric Martin was in bed at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday when he heard a commotion in his house, according to Sgt. Sam Despain with the St. George Police Department. Martin took his handgun with him to find the source of the noise, and encountered an intruder in his home.
"I'm in bed sleeping, I get up, I retrieve my sidearm, I chase him out the front door. I've got him pinned on the ground. It's 4:55 in the morning and I don't have a stitch of clothing on," he said. "I'm basically telling him at this point, 'Stay on the ground, don't move, because if you do move, I will shoot you.' "
The money quote:
"Imagine five police cars and seven officers rolling up to a scene with a naked man holding a weapon pointing at someone, and holding him down on the ground," Martin said. "The police got a kick out of that."
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I'd just have my wife bring me some pants and help me put them on, while holding the gun and waiting for the police. That is, if he made it out of the house.
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Good thing he didn't fire a warning shot to prove he was willing to shoot.
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I have often run this scenario through my head wondering what I would do since I sleep al'natural too. I prefer the shoot him while in the house and then get dressed option The BG was very lucky he didn't get shot!
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Gungirl wrote:I have often run this scenario through my head wondering what I would do since I sleep al'natural too. I prefer the shoot him while in the house and then get dressed option The BG was very lucky he didn't get shot!
You would probably get the cops there faster if you told 911 that you were holding the perp at gunpoint, naked. That radio call would empty out all the donut shops in the county!
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
The BG was very lucky he didn't get shot!