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FEBRUARY 21ST.
LIVE IN SAN JOSE STATE, KRON4
NEWS.
>>> CONSIDERING HERSELF A VICTIM
AND A HERO, SHE CAUGHT A MAN
BURGLARIZING HER HOME.
THIS COMES AS POLICE SAY CRIME
IS ON THE RISE THERE.
>>Reporter: SINCE THE FIRST OF
THE YEAR, THE SAN LEANDRO POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS SOME 20 STREET
ROBBERIES AND 40 HOME BURGLARIES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
AND THE AN ALARMING TREND THAT
RANDALL PRINCE SAYS THE
DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO SLOW
DOWN BY REACHING OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY.
>> PEOPLE THAT DON'T FIT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THINGS THAT LOOK
OUT OF THE ORDINARY, IF THEY
DON'T CALL ON IT, WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO CATCH PEOPLE ON THE ACT,
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
THAT WORKING.
>> Reporter: HE'S TALKING ABOUT
A FOILED HOME BURGLARY FROM LATE
IN THE MORNING.
>> 11:30, JUST BEFORE NOON
TODAY, A RESIDENT SHOWED UP TO
THE HOUSE AND FOUND HER DOOR
AJAR.
WHEN THEY LOOKED IN, THEY
THOUGHT THE HOUSE WAS PROBABLY
BEING BURGLARIZED.
>> Reporter: RIGHT AWAY, THE
WOMAN LEFT THE HOME HERE ON WEST
MERYL COURT, WENT TO A NEIGHBOR
AND CALLED POLICE.
THE
20-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT, BERNARD
CURRY FROM RICHMOND WAS CAUGHT
MINUTES LATER.
>> RIGHT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE,
CARRYING SEVERAL THE VICTIM'S
PROPERTY, TRIED TO RUN AND
EVENTUALLY OFFICERS CAUGHT HIM
NEARBY.
>> THIS IS THE THIRD HOUSE ON
OUR BLOCK TO GET ROBBED, THAT'S
NOT SOMETHING THAT MAKES ANY
HOME OWNER COMFORTABLE.
>> Reporter: THIRD TIME IN HOW
LONG?
>> EIGHT MONTHS.
>> Reporter: EGAN LIVES ACROSS
THE STREET FROM THE VICTIM.
HE SAYS HIS FAMILY IS TAKING
EXTRA STEPS TO PROTECT THEIR
HOPE.
POLICE SAY YOU SHOULD DO THE
SAME.
>> KEEP ALL THE DOOR SXZ WINDOWS
-- DOORS AND WINDOWS LOCKED,
HOME OWNER'S INSURANCE POLICY UP
TO DATE, BACKING UP OUR