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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Elderly Woman Victim Of Home Invasion

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Home invasion investigated

HURLOCK — On Jan. 14 deputies from the Dorchester County sheriff ’s office re­sponded to 4815 Williamsburg Church Rd. for a reported home invasion.According to Sheriff James W. Phillips Jr., upon arrival, the elderly female oc­cupant of the residence advised that two unknown black males armed with a small black handgun had forced entry to her residence. Once inside they forced her to the floor where one of the suspects armed himself with a knife from the kitchen and held it to her neck while the other suspect ransacked the residence. The victim was not injured in the attack.

The description of the two suspects was limited to two black males wearing ski masks. The investigation is continuing. The sheriff ’s office was assisted by the Mary­land State police.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

THIS COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN ALMOST ANY ONE OF US.
When someone wants to get into our house they typically just have to be strong enough to push the door open when we go to see who's there. I'm not sure what the answer is except to send the message that our judicial system won't tolerate such activity. Crime against people should be without possibility of parole. Enough of those sentences will eventually send the right message.

Anonymous said...

Really----things are getting out of control & untill we get some very agressive laws to put people behind bars , & judges to see this is done---It is going to grow more & more --- It's almost to the point you are afraid to stay in your own home----6 more months of this rapid burst of crime that we've seen lately----- and we all will be!!!

Anonymous said...

And to think, with crime as bad as it is, Hurlock's new untrustworthy Mayor Joyce Spratt wanted to get rid of the Hurlock Police Department. Thankfully the county told her where to stick it! She better stop wasting money on unnecessary and unapproved renovations to the town hall and actually increase the police force. This wasn't too far from town limits. Oh, wait, she's more worried about outlawing paint ball guns in town, when there's never even been a problem with them.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the citizen haters would have wanted to deputies to speed to get to this call?

Anonymous said...

We dont need more laws all they do is make lawyers richer people need to just take matters and when you hear someone breaking in just shoot the bastard or beat them to a bloody pile of hamburger. i realize that this was an elderly woman but if it were me there would have been nothing but a pile of meat for the "Law" to haul off

Anonymous said...

I never thought I would be using one, but I had an alarm system installed and use it whether I am home or out. Takes a little getting used to, but it does give me some peace of mind.

lastword said...

3:41 PM

Real mature. Passive-aggressive much?

Anonymous said...

I sure hope law enforcement didn't speed to get to the poor lady or try to arrest any suspects that may have still been in the area. That would make them about the law.