Posted on 07/10/2012 9:49:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 12-year-old hid in a closet and phoned police during a burgarly attempt.
When your 12-year-old daughter begs for a cell phone, you might just want to get her one.
The phone came in quite handy for one Fremont 12-year-old girl, who asked to remain anonymous, whose home was robbed about 3 p.m. on Monday.
After she heard her window sensor alarm go off - and she realized her mom wasn't the one who tripped it - the girl said she hopped into her closet and called police from her cell.
Fremont police, though they didn't catch the robbers, are crediting the girl for her quick-thinking and bravery.
The robbers did make off with the father's computer and cell phone. The girl had been alone for just about 15 minutes as her dad was dropping off her sister at swim practice. That's when she heard the window sensor go off. She told NBC Bay Area on Tuesday that she called her mom to see if she was home, and her mother said, "No, call police."
She did, and officers were there in about two minutes.
The suspects are still at large. Police say one suspect is an African-American man about 20- to 25-years old, who was wearing a white T-shirt and baggy jeans. He is almost 6 feet tall. The second suspect is an African-American woman, about 18- to 20-years old, who stands about 5 feet 4 inches tall. She has shoulder-length gold hair with black streaks.
If anyone has information about the suspects, they can call Fremont police at 510-790-6800.
See Kris Sanchez's full report at 6 p.m.
The stepdaughter didn't enlist, but she could drive tacks with a Ruger 10-22 at 100 yards.
Those criminals are lucky they didn't break into a house where dad thought a rifle was more important than a cell phone.
When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
/johnny
I wonder about this eulogy for cell phones and implicitly the incompetent 911 operators. It’s so could be set up.
2 minute response time isn’t bad, the daughter needed both weapon and cell; maybe a review of security procedures re: leaving her alone, as well.
A VERY cool customer!I’ll bet her folks are PROUD of her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now wait a minute. The police were there in two minutes, had all this detail about the suspects and STILL couldn't catch them?
Either they are Keystone Cops or there is something more going on.
so they were black....I like they way they describe each individual robber instead of just saying...both robbers were black....
Not necessarily.
On foot, a person running can be as far as 1,000 yards away in any one direction within two minutes. They also probably didn’t have to run the full two minutes as they likely had a car nearby. The cops also would have prioritized the welfare of the girl first and securing the crime scene second, which would delay looking for the peeps further.
My daughter was shooting everything I have and hitting the target when she was so tiny the recoil would rock her back a step.
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