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It was the best kind of neighborhood watch.

An Ypsilanti Township man who heard glass breaking Saturday night discovered two people who appeared to be in the process of burglarizing his neighbor’s home and held them in the back yard until police arrived, Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies said.

The man was at his home in the 1400 block of Harry Street when he heard what sounded like glass breaking about 8:30 p.m., Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies said in a press release. He went to his neighbor’s house across the street to check it out and found a man leaving the home through a window and another man standing by the patio door. He ordered them to sit, and they complied.

“He used his powers of persuasion to make sure they didn’t go anywhere,” said Sgt. Geoffrey Fox of the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office.

Nothing appeared to have been taken and the men did not have any weapons, Fox said. The rear window had been broken with a brick, police said.

The suspects, Dezman Makowski-Smith, 18, and Donte Smith, 17, both of Ypsilanti, were arraigned Sunday on charges of home invasion and malicious destruction of property.

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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:

Hell, PN - I can top that, and better, this is a classic example of reality versus public perception of CCW holders, happened this Monday in fact.

Alert neighbor interrupts home invasion, holds suspects until police arrive
http://www.annarbor.com/news/crime/alert-neighbor-interrupts-home-inva
sion-holds-suspects-until-police-arrive/

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It was the best kind of neighborhood watch.

An Ypsilanti Township man who heard glass breaking Saturday night discovered two people who appeared to be in the process of burglarizing his neighbor’s home and held them in the back yard until police arrived, Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies said.

The man was at his home in the 1400 block of Harry Street when he heard what sounded like glass breaking about 8:30 p.m., Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies said in a press release. He went to his neighbor’s house across the street to check it out and found a man leaving the home through a window and another man standing by the patio door. He ordered them to sit, and they complied.

“He used his powers of persuasion to make sure they didn’t go anywhere,” said Sgt. Geoffrey Fox of the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office.

Nothing appeared to have been taken and the men did not have any weapons, Fox said. The rear window had been broken with a brick, police said.

The suspects, Dezman Makowski-Smith, 18, and Donte Smith, 17, both of Ypsilanti, were arraigned Sunday on charges of home invasion and malicious destruction of property.

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Now, here's the kicker - Mike, the dude who confronted and intimidated these two creeps, is in fact a CCW holder and was armed, in fact he had begun to draw as he approached unseen by them - but upon realizing the potentive perps were unarmed teens, he left his piece in the holster and used force of personality instead.

Still armed, still ABLE to defend himself with lethal force if needs be, but no damn need to go waving it around like some kinda mechanical penis extension, contrary to the deliberately fostered misperception of CCW holders as raving maniacs.
In fact, the putative perps here never realized he was armed at all.

Good job all around, since having Mike on the scene also discouraged the local police from indulging in any brutality, weren't no need for it, and they have as of late been mostly disposing of that habit, thankfully.

I won't miss Donte Smith, that's for sure, I've chased him outta here at least once, as I recall.

-Frem

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