[nagdu] Article: Guide Dog Chases Burglars From Blind Woman's Home

Lyn Gwizdak linda.gwizdak at cox.net
Wed May 8 17:52:54 UTC 2013


Yikes!  Souonds like the intruders whould be charged with attempted murder! 
Turning on the gas so carbon monoxide goes into the house to kill whoever 
was in the house.  Good guide dog!!!

Lyn and Landon
"Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like 
asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
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Subject: [nagdu] Article: Guide Dog Chases Burglars From Blind Woman's Home


> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 11:59 AM
> Subject: Article: Guide Dog Chases Burglars From Blind Woman's Home
> Guide Dog Chases Burglars From Blind Woman's Home in Philadelphia
> By
> Gillian Mohney
> May 4, 2013 9:21pm
>
> The guide dog of a blind woman is probably getting a few extra treats 
> after
> chasing out intruders from her home early Friday morning.
>
> According to police, the incident started around 3 a.m. when at least one
> teenager broke into the 54-year-old woman's home in the Holmesburg
> neighborhood of Philadelphia. After intruders entered her home through her
> basement door, the woman woke up to hear stranger's voices, but at that
> point her dog started to chase the intruders from her home.
>
> However even after the intruders were gone the woman was still in danger.
> According to police, the intruders had turned left her gas stove on 
> without
> igniting the burner, so her home started to fill with natural gas.
>
> "[It was a] very dangerous situation," Francis Bachmayer, a captain at the
> Philadelphia Police department, told reporters. "At 3 o'clock in the 
> morning
> it could have been a very serious situation. Thank god there were no
> injuries."
>
> After chasing the intruders from her home, the guide dog led the woman to
> her phone so she could call 911. After police arrived, they were able to 
> get
> the woman to safety and turn off the gas without it igniting.
>
> After an investigation, police arrested 18-year-old Tomayo McDuffy on
> burglary charges. According to ABC News station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia,
> McDuffy is a neighbor of the woman whose home was broken into.
> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/05/guide-dog-chases-burglars-from
> -blind-womans-home-in-philadelphia/
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