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TGIS: Thank God It's Schadenfreude! (311)

This week's joy in the misfortune of others comes courtesy of CNN (from Tuesday, March 8; link good at time of posting):

This time it was the intruder who called 911.

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The suspect, Timothy James Chapek, was in the bathroom taking a shower when the homeowner returned to the house Monday night, Portland police said in a statement.

Accompanied by two German shepherds, the homeowner asked Chapek what he was doing in the house.
Chapek locked himself in the bathroom and made an emergency call, police said. He said he had broken into the house, the owner had come home, and that he was concerned the owner might have a gun.

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Police with dogs took Chapek, 24, into custody "without incident," they said. He was booked for criminal trespass.

They did not say if the homeowner did in fact have a gun.

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Full post as published by Infamy or Praise on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).