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Home invasion victims turn tables on
intruders
Originally ran here
as: SOUTH CAROLINA -- Victims of a home invasion chased and cornered two of
three men who they say tried to rob them Tuesday in a North Charleston mobile
home park.
When North Charleston police arrived at Fairmont Mobile
Home Park on Sumner Avenue, they found two men holed up in a trailer that was
surrounded by several other men throwing bricks. A third man was found as he
tried to escaped a mob of brick-throwing neighbors, according to police reports.
Police reports gave the following account of events
surrounding the home invasion:
Four tenants said three men, one armed with a handgun,
forced their way into the home shortly after 11 p.m. One of the robbers put a
gun to the head of a pregnant woman and demanded "unknown items."
In an attempt to help the woman, one of the tenants
fought and struggled with one of the robbers. A second tenant heard the ruckus
and emerged from a room wielding a BB gun. The robbers ran from the home when
they were confronted by the armed tenant.
A short while later, some of the victims spotted the
robbers as they parked a white van at a nearby residence. The victims along with
neighbors then chased two men into a mobile home and began to throw bricks and
rocks. The mob of neighbors also pelted the van with bricks.
The third man, who wasn't able to run inside the home,
was chased by the neighbors. A police officer arriving at the mobile home park
saw the man running away. After a short chase, he was arrested.
Two other men were arrested at Lot 43 of the mobile
home park after the victims identified them as the armed home invaders.
Police said they found a handgun stuffed in the floor
vent of an air conditioner inside the home at Lot 43. A girl at the home told
police she saw a man hide something in the vent.
Arrested were Ronald Lee Wiggins, 18, and Herman Lee
Butler, 22, both of Ravenel, and Herman Leroy Wiggins, 32, of Sumner Avenue.
Each is charged with armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping. All were ordered
held without bail Wednesday by Magistrate Jack Guedalia.
Scott Decker of the North Charleston police said this
was the most recent case of residents defending themselves against home
invaders.
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