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Kindness overwhelms intruder
These women are very lucky me thinks
These women are very lucky me thinks
Oct. 30 — After a man wielding a sawed-off shotgun smashed his way into their home Tuesday night, two Carrollwood, Fla., women kept their cool and overpowered the intruder with “kindness.â€
CATHY ORD, 60, and Rose Bucher, 63, said they offered the man a ham sandwich with pickles, a bottle of rum and a shower, even providing him with a disposable razor to shave off his scruffy beard, the Tampa Tribune reported Thursday.
They also chatted amiably with the man and agreed to call him a cab when he indicated he was ready to leave. But when the sated “guest†fell asleep while awaiting the cab, they called sheriff’s deputies, who arrested the man, the newspaper said.
Ord and Bucher said they were watching TV about 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday when the man shattered a kitchen window and then walked into the dining room with a shotgun that he leveled at Ord.
“He said he wouldn’t harm us unless we did something smart,†Bucher told the newspaper.
Rather than panic, the women offered the man a sandwich and a bottle of rum, which he promptly consumed. Later, they suggested he use their shower and shave off his beard. He did so, emerging every minute with a towel wrapped around him to make sure the women weren’t calling police, the Tribune said.
Shortly after 3 a.m., the man asked the women to call him a cab, and the women did so. When the cabbie called to say he was having trouble finding the house, the gunman allowed Ord to go outside to flag the taxi. When she returned, the man was snoring peacefully, apparently the victim of too much rum.
After hearing of their ordeal, the cabdriver called 911 and Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies soon swooped down on the home to arrest the man.
Alfred Joseph Sweet, a 42-year-old homeless man, remained in jail without bail on Wednesday on charges of home invasion and false imprisonment, the newspaper reported.
