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Authorities in Rockford, Michigan are still trying to piece together the details behind a 24-year-old Marine recruiter’s alleged attack on an 11-year-old girl last weekend, but they’re crediting an armed homeowner with saving her life and the lives of others in the home.
PolicesaythatRicardoPerezCastilloactuallybrokeintotwo homesinRockfordlastSaturday.Inthefirstincident,hewasconfrontedbyahomeownerinthekitchenwhodemandedheleave.Castillodidso,butnotbeforereportedlytellingthehomeowner“heshouldalwaysbearmed.”
AuthoritiessayCastillothenmanagedtoenteranotherhomeinagatedcommunity.Onceinside,hemanagedtostaban11-year-oldgirlwhowassleepingoveratafriend’shousebeforehewasconfrontedbythehomeowner,whoasithappened,did haveaguntodefendhimselfandothersinthehome.
Justafter3a.m.onSaturday,June15,thehomeownercalledpoliceandsaidsomeonewasinhisdaughter’sbedroomandthedaughter’sfriendhadbeencut,aprobablecauseaffidavitdetails.
Themansaidhehadthesuspectheldatgunpointuntilpoliceshowedup.
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