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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>My son prevented an attempted break-in at my next-door neighbor’s
house this evening.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia'>Matthew</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia'> saw him climb onto our back
porch and step over the fence that separates our porches and then onto my
neighbor’s back porch.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>The man said he saw a bed in the alley and wanted to get
permission to take it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>The bottom line: he got away but after trying to take the
neighbor’s bike.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Many police officers came about 20 minutes after I called 911.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>They said they were late because they had just arrested a
man who had broken into <st2:City w:st="on">St. John’s</st2:City> church,
27<sup>th</sup> and <st2:place w:st="on"><st2:City w:st="on">St. Paul</st2:City></st2:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:GivenName w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia'>Matthew</span></font></st1:GivenName><font
face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia'> went to the police car to ID
the man, but it wasn’t the same man.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Description of the potential thief from next door:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Black man with dark skin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>About 45-50 years old<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Missing three or four top front teeth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>We live in the 2700 block of <st1:Sn w:st="on">Calvert</st1:Sn>.
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face=Georgia><span style='font-family:Georgia'> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Gray</st1:Sn></span></font></st2:PersonName><font
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