No, Really -- It Will Be Funny!

"No, Really -- It Will Be Funny!"

A police officer from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
apparently was playing a prank on his brother-in-law.

He pretended to be a burglar breaking into the man's
house. The unidentified victim, a pastor, heard noises
outside his home in Festus, Mo., and shouted for the
intruder to identify himself. When he heard no reply --
but the burglar kept working at breaking in -- the
frightened householder got a gun.

"He shot through the door, which might have prevented
the bullet from passing through his brother-in-law," an
investigator said. The 23-year-old officer was seriously
wounded by the abdominal shot, but is expected to recover.

-- Bellville News Democrat Journal

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"Home Invasion"

A woman was alone in her home in West Jordan, Utah,
when someone knocked on the door. She was working
and ignored it. A moment later a downstairs window
smashed and three burglars climbed through.

Terrified, she grabbed a cordless phone, hid in an
upstairs closet, and called police. "One of the burglars
came into the room I was in," said the 21-year-old victim,
who did not want to be identified. "Nothing was going
through my mind except, 'Please don't look and find me'."

That is when the burglar decided to look for valuables
in the closet. He even brushed across her boots and
legs, but did not look up; he would have seen her face.

When police arrived, all three took refuge in the room,
and one decided to hide in the same closet she was in.

"He did not even realize I was standing there. He was
smashing me up against the wall," she said.

When police entered the room, she burst out of the
closet, yelling, "He is in here! He is in here!" --
surprising the burglar even more than the officers.

All three men were captured; they were armed with knives.

-- Desert Morning News
Received on Mon Jul 14 10:53:45 2008