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RECENT RASH OF
BRAZEN HOME-
BREAKINS IN
SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.
IN SOME CASES,
THE SUSPECTS
KNOCK ON THE
DOOR AND ASK
FOR HELP BEFORE
BUSTING THEIR
WAY IN.
NEWS 13'S
GABRIELLE
BURKHART IS LIVE
IN ROSWELL WITH
THE STORY.
JESSICA, POLICE
HAVE ARRESTED
ONE WOMAN THEY
SAY IS
CONNECTED TO AT
LEAST ONE HOME
INVASION.
NOW THEY'RE
TRYING TO FIND
OUT WHETHER
ANY OF THESE
CRIMES ARE
CONNECTED.
SATURDAY
MORNING AROUND
5:30 A-M...
A WOMAN
KNOCKED ON THE
DOOR OF THIS 75-
YEAR-OLD MAN'S
HOME.
AND IT TURNS OUT
SHE WASN'T
ALONE.
Armed Robbery Victim
by the time you open
the door, the guy's got
you at his mercy
THE MAN DID NOT
WANT TO BE
IDENTIFIED.
BUT SAYS HE
OPENED THE
DOOR TO LET THE
WOMAN USE HIS
PHONE...AFTER
SHE CLAIMED HER
CAR BROKE
DOWN.
THAT'S WHEN A
MAN BURST INSIDE
HIS HOME.
male victim: he shoved
me down and had that
screw driver in my
throat
THE COUPLE
RANSACKED HIS
PLACE, AND TOOK
OFF WITH
SEVERAL ITEMS,
INCLUDING HIS
WIFE'S WEDDING
RING.
POLICE SAY 24-
YEAR OLD ERICA
PETERSON WAS
ARRESTED
SUNDAY FOR THAT
CRIME.
WE AREN'T
SHOWING HER
PICTURE...BECAUS
E POLICE DON'T
WANT TO
JEOPORDIZE
OTHER SIMILAR
INVESTIGATIONS.
Sabrina Morales,
Roswell Police Dept.
during the holidays
there is usually a spike
of buraes, homevasions thato of
thing
TWO WEEKS AGO,
A 74-YEAR OLD
MAN WAS
THREATENED WITH
A KNIFE AT HIS
HOME... BY WHAT
HE SAYS WAS A
MALE AND
FEMALE.
THE FEMALE HAD
ASKED HIM TO USE
THE BATHROOM IN
THAT CASE.
THE FOLLOWING
WEEKEND,
MICHAEL SAMARIO
AND RICHARD
THYBERG WERE
ARRESTED FOR
BUSTING INTO A
FAMILY'S HOME,
BEATING UP A
HOME-OWNER,
AND STEALING
MONEY.
THEN YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON...THIS
WOMAN WENT TO
LET HER BARKING
DOGS OUTSIDE
AND WAS CAUGHT
BY SURPRISE
WHEN AN
UNKNOWN MAN
WAS AT HER BACK
PORCH.
Burglary Victim
he was right outside
the door and when I
shut the door and I
saw him I don't think I
shut it well enough
because the door flew
open and honestly I
don't remember if he
hit me first and I hit
the panic button or if I
hit the panic button
and then he hit me
everything's just kind
of foggy
THE MAN
KNOCKED HER
OUT, AND GAVE
HER A BLACK EYE
BEFORE HE RAN
OFF.
SHE SAYS HER
GERMAN
SHEPHERD AND
HOME ALARM
THE WOMAN
DESCRIBED THAT
MAN AS A YOUNG,
THIN, HISPANIC
MALE -- POSSIBLY
IN HIS EARLY 20S.
POLICE ARE STILL
TRYING TO
IDENTIFY THE MAN
WORKING WITH
PETERSON IN
SATURDAY'S HOME
INVASION.
BACK TO YOU.
OK GABRIELLE.
ROSWELL POLICE
SAY THEY'RE
COMMITTED TO
SOLVING THESE
CRIMES.
IT'S STILL
UNCLEAR
WHETHER ANY OF