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Mask-wearing trio sought in home invasion

By: Staff Writer

Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 at 11:14 AM | Comments: 2

Three people apparently burst into a Brandon home, held the occupants at bay with improvised weapons, and stole property from them early this morning.

Police were called to a home in the 1000-block of Lorne Avenue just past 3 a.m. this morning.

The caller said that a trio of mask-wearing suspects, all wearing dark clothing, had broken a window and forced open a door to get inside the home. Armed with a bat, a wrench and a golf club, the bandits demanded money from the occupants, then stole some property and loaded it into a vehicle at the rear of the home before fleeing from the area.

One of the occupants was allegedly assaulted, but declined medical attention, police said. They continue to investigate.

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Posted by:Deborah Boschman

June 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM

Great! (Not)

City of Brandon, PLEASE look into the cost of purchasing and placing/positioning street cameras strategically across our city!

I think that we NEED these now in order to assist and help the BCP and the RCMP `catch their man.`

This is just RIDICULOUS that people now have to worry about being VIOLATED within their own homes by these opportunists.

Also, I think that we should all have a baseball bat and/or a hockey stick in each room of our home so that we are not so VULNERABLE and DEFENCELESS to protect ourselves against any of these very unexpected, unforseen intruders.

A fireman here within Brandon gave me that idea.

I was also told by a member of the BCP that you CANNOT be charged for defending and protecting yourself against an intruder who illegally enters your own home.

Posted by:Deborah Boschman

June 5, 2012 at 1:17 PM

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