BRUNSWICK, Maine — Brunswick police on Wednesday urged residents to lock their doors after a Hornet Street couple found an intruder in their home early Wednesday morning.
At 12:34 a.m. Wednesday, officers went to former Brunswick Naval Air Station housing off Gurnet Road, where a man reported that someone had broken into his home and then was chased out by the couple’s dog, Deputy Chief Marc Hagan of the Brunswick Police Department said today.
Nothing was taken and no one was injured, but Hagan said the incident is not the first break-in reported throughout Brunswick — although it’s the first time recently that the intruder was spotted.
Police have received many reports of purses and other items taken from homes and of vehicle break-ins, but Hagan said he’s more concerned that someone was “so brazen” as to break into a home when the residents were there.
“ I’m concerned anytime somebody’s going to go into another person’s house,” he said. “Again, people really need to lock their doors.”
Today’s incident remains under investigation.
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Kudos to the dog…..too bad the dog didn’t get to take more of a bite out of crime (intruder)…….
Good dog!
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Again people need to arm themselves!
Why? The dog did the trick and no one was killed. You must be 357Magnum’s brother. I am not anti-gun but you shouldn’t just kill someone unless you must to save your life.
I completely agree with what you stated, however, having been a victim of a robbery it completely changed everything in our world. We don’t allow our daughter to stay at home alone anymore, even if it’s just to run to the store, nonetheless on a day she has off from school. Once you’ve been a victim it changes your whole world. Thank God we weren’t home when they did it to us, but if we are home next time they WILL be looking straight down the barrell of a gun. We will NOT let them get away with a slap on the wrist again. They WILL live in fear just like we have ever since.
I am sorry to hear about your experience. How terrible to have this weighing on you all the time. I don’t blame you for your opinion at all. Honestly, though I do not own a gun, I would probably react the same way. In fact we’ve discussed purchasing a shotgun for defense. True, the situation of being directly confronted by a would-be robber has never happened to us. However we do live in a rural area and don’t have streetlights or anything else to deter interest. Except of course the dogs. We did have a couple of guys try to break into our garage but the dogs drove them away. We heard the dogs barking but didn’t know why until daylight the next day. I have no problem with folks defending themselves. On the other hand I don’t want to kill anyone for stealing a skill saw either. When I read some comment posts from people who make it sound as though they are going to shoot first and ask questions later, well, thats when I worry.
I completely agree. We are in a rural location too. When we built here we did so for the peace and quiet. Unfortunately, since September 27th there hasn’t been much peace. I don’t want to kill anyone over material things either. They took so much more than that from us, it’s taken it’s toll, that’s for sure. Not too mention irreplacable family heirlooms. I just had to make sure that if anyone ever tries again we have the means to protect ourselves and a way to deter them because our Golden Retriever is so nice she thinks anyone coming here is coming solely to give her loves:) I never loaded or fired anything other than a pellet gun until Sept 28th. I had to know how to use one “just in case”. I hope and pray everyday that I never have to but am glad that I now know how.
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How does anyone know he didn’t have some kind of weapon? I’m saying I keep a loaded gun at home IN CASE, I repeat IN CASE I am threatened in my home.There was a case in Bradley a few years ago where the homeowner was shot in the head. That’s why I’m armed! I hope your dog can protect you. I don’t have a dog to protect me.
let me guess; pitbull?
inb4 breed debate
Well, I have a female lab that would protect me without hesitation in the same situation. Breed doesn’t matter if your dog is as loyal as mine. I say this as she lays across my lap getting a belly scratch. :-)
I had a neighbor when I lived in Florida who had a mean Chow Chow. Someone broke into her home and raped her. The dog tried to protect her and the intruder nearly killed the dog before assaulting it’s owner. Most dogs can alert of a problem, but can’t do much in the way of protecting, especially if the intruder has a weapon.
You wanna go a round with my 105 lbs shepherd. She can be aggressive when she wants to. Surprisingly our 90 lbs black lab puts her in her place. As they both are lying upside down next to the woodstove.
I’ve had several APBTs. If that was the breed and a burglar broke into the house he would not have made it out of the house.
Good dog! Too bad the dog did not get him and rip him apart!
My dogs name is Smith & Wesson, break into my house , I dare ya!!!!
I am an unarmed owner of two dogs.
We all sleep soundly.
Me also. A burglar hears a dog bark and they leave.
This is not an invite to get a dog, if you never had one, don’t have money for their care don’t know how to train a dog, don’t have time to spend with a dog or think you need to hit a dog to teach it, don’t bother getting one. If the dog is unhappy he’ll just show the theives were you hide your money and leave with the thief after chewing up your good pair of shoes.
My golden usually sleeps where a burglar would awaken the household by falling over him.
Mine too. Give my Golden a treat and ask where the “good stuff” is and she’d show him. Either that or she’d sleep through the whole thing.
Mine did just that when we got robbed in September, they simply locked her in her crate and went on to ransack and take everything they could get their hands on. I keep telling my husband that as much as I love her, our next dog will be something a little more aggressive towards strangers.
Lucky the intruder didn’t mistake the dog for a coyote and blow it away.
The next time the dog will lock the doors.
I had a golden mix a few years ago. She wasn’t very big – only about 60 pounds – and at that point in time, I had no idea of what her reaction might be to strangers – but I found out just how protective she was when a contractor I had hired to do some work in my home arrived at my house when I wasn’t there. My front door was a heavy sliding glass patio door so the contractor had a good view of her with every hair standing on her back and all of her perley whites showing. The contractor called me later to tell me I had a great guard dog.