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Saturday, July 19, 2008 --- 47 days ago http://www.charlotteobserver.com/109/story/720385.html
| Danté Gardin told his mother he heard the burglars hit the window five times before it shattered Saturday morning. Upstairs, Danté, 14, reached under his bed and grabbed a pocketknife that he would soon need. He locked the door of his room, backed into his closet and listened as the burglars moved around the house on Cindy Creek Lane near Beatties Ford Road and Interstate 85. It was just after 8 a.m., and Danielle Gardin was out running errands with Danté's little brother. No car was in the driveway, which might have given the thieves the impression that the house, which also was targeted for a burglary seven months ago, was empty. Instead, Danté was upstairs. His mother later said that he told her and the police he could hear them shimmying through the back window over the sink into the kitchen. He listened for about 10 minutes. They disassembled his mother's computer and rooted through his brother's toys. Then they rattled his doorknob. When it wouldn't give, one burgler kicked the door in as Danté watched from the partially closed closet. Danté, described by his mother as taller than 6-foot and solidly built, emerged from the closet with the knife and surprised the thief. The two exchanged heated words, and Danté took a swipe with the knife, cutting the man's stomach. As the thief jumped back, he dropped a gun. Danté picked it up, his mother said, and the would-be thieves took off with nothing stolen. Danté called the police, ... |
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