(NV) Woman with handgun scares off 2 burglars

(NV) Woman with handgun scares off 2 burglars
Date: Jan 24, 2006 10:44 PM
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Woman with handgun scares off 2 burglars



A woman with a handgun scared off two burglars who forced their way into her second-story Reno apartment about 9 p.m. Monday, police said.

Lights were off in the apartment in the 800 block of Holcomb Avenue when the burglars tried to use a crowbar to force their way inside. A male resident heard them and opened the door, Reno police Sgt. Donna Robinson said.

She said the suspects charged through the door and demanded money. One of the burglars went to a bedroom to confront the woman, who pointed a handgun at the two male suspects. They ran from the apartment and left in a 1986 white Subaru hatchback with Nevada license plate 983-TFF.

One suspect was described as white, in his 50s, 5 feet 10 inches, 155-60 pounds, tall, of thin build, with brown wavy hair. The second man was white, in his 20s, 5 feet 11 inches, 170 pounds and wore a dark hooded sweatshirt.