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BURGLAR WHEN HE CHASED
HIM DOWN UNTIL POLICE
ARRIVED.
IT HAPPENED ON GREEN
STREET NEAR THE NORFOLK
NAVAL SHIPYARD.
A NORMALLY QUIET PART OF
TOWN UNTIL LATE LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT.
ALL NEW AT 6:00, THE
HOMEOWNER TOLD HIS STORY
TO 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
ART KOHN.
HE'S IN THE NEWSROOM
TONIGHT.
ART?
32-YEAR-OLD TROY STRAHAN
RETURNED TO HIS HOUSE
AFTER ENJOYING AN
EVENING OUT, ONLY TO FIND
THE LIGHTS ON INSIDE THE
HOME ALONG WITH SOME
UNIVITED GUESTS. HE
CALLED THE POLICE, BUT
WHAT
HE DIDN'T DO WAS WAIT FOR
OFFICERS TO ARRIVE.
(C04 2:42:32:16) TROY
STRAHAN / HOME
BURGLARIZED "THE WINDOW
IS AROUND BACK..."
ACCORDING TO PORTSMOUTH
RESIDENT, TROY STRAHAN
THE BACK WINDOW IS WHERE
TWO MEN ENTERED HIS HOUSE
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT JUST
MINUTES BEFORE HE ARRIVED
HOME.
(C01 2:36:35:00) STRAHAN
"SOME OF MY BELONGINGS
WERE
LAYING IN THE YARD. AND
AH, I INSTANTLY DIALED
9-1-1 AND I HEARD
ONE OF THE THIEVES. THEY
WERE TALKING, THEY
SPLIT-UP AND
ONE OF THEM RAN OUT BACK
TO THE CHAIN LINK FENCE."
AND STRAHAN WENT AFTER
HIM. (C09 2:44:18:27)
STRAHAN
"I COME THROUGH THE GATE
AND AH HE'S, HE'S, HE'S
SMOKIN, YOU KNOW
HE'S RUNNING." AFTER
JUMPING A NUMBER OF
NEIGHBORS' FENCES THE
FOOT CHASE CONTINUED
ACROSS THE
STREET. (C11 2:45:47:29)
STRAHAN
"AS SOON AS WE GOT OUT
FRONT HE STARTED RUNNING
DOWN BOUIS
COURT AND THAT'S WHERE I
TACKLED HIM."
THEY RAN RIGHT THROUGH
NEIGHBOR, RICKY HARRELL'S
YARD.
HARRELL CALLS STRAHAN'S
BOLD DECISION TO PURSUE
THE
BURGLAR, A NATURAL
REACTION.
(C15 2:47:40:22) RICKY
HARRELL "...AND I GUESS
IF YOU WANT TO
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY YOU
GOT TO MAKE A STAND OR
LET EM
GO. SO I GUESS HE CHOSE
TO MAKE A STAND YOU KNOW.
JUST CAN'T KEEP
LETTING IT HAPPEN."
STRAHAN DIDN'T JUST TAKE
A STAND, HE TOOK A TUMBLE
AND HAS THE SCARS TO
PROVE IT.
(C01 2:40:59:12) STRAHAN
"I LOST MY SHOES IN THE
PROCESS SO
AH, I CHASED HIM THE LAST
BLOCK BAREFOOTED. AND
WHEN I TACKLED
HIM I PROBABLY SHOULD
HAVE TACKLED HIM OVER THE
GRASS INSTEAD OF THE
PAVEMENT." (C01
2:41:36:13) STRAHAN
"SIX MONTHS EARLIER I
BROKE MY HEEL IN HALF
AND I WAS NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE WALKING
EVER AGAIN BUT
APPARENTLY, JUST
THE SITUATION I WAS UP
SET AND I JUST DIDN'T
WANT TO LET THE GUY
GO." REPORTER: "YEAH THAT
WAS MY NEXT
QUESTION. WHY WOULD YOU
EVEN TRY SOMETHING LIKE
THIS. YOU
KNOW THAT'S A PRETTY
DANGEROUS THING TO DO?
STRAHAN: "YEAH. I DON'T
ALWAYS THINK THINGS
THROUGH."
STRAHAN PINNED THE
SUSPECT UNTIL POLICE
ARRIVED. THE MAN
IDENTIFIED
AS 19-YEAR OLD MICHAEL
FAISON WAS CHARGED WITH
BURGLARY
AND REMAINS IN CUSTODY. A
SECOND SUSPECT GOT AWAY
WITH
SOME OF STRAHAN'S
PROPERTY INLCUDING AN
ASSAULT WEAPON STRAHAN
SAYS HE LEGALLY OWNS.
THAT FACT MAKES WHAT
STRAHAN DID THAT NIGHT
THAT FACT MAKES WHAT
STRAHAN DID THAT NIGHT
EVEN MORE DANGEROUS,
EVEN THOUGH AT THAT POINT
HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE
GUN HAD BEEN
TAKEN. ART KOHN, 10 ON
YOUR SIDE.