Lights & Sirens » Edg http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime Go behind the yellow tape with The News Tribune Fri, 24 May 2013 21:48:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 15-year-old Edgewood girl stops burglar by calling police http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2012/06/25/15-year-old-edgewood-girl-stops-burglar-by-calling-police/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2012/06/25/15-year-old-edgewood-girl-stops-burglar-by-calling-police/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:43:16 +0000 Alexis Krell http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/?p=37723 Authorities are looking for a man who tried to burglarize an Edgewood home Sunday night.

Edgewood police say a 15-year-old girl, home by herself, heard a knock at the front door about 5:30 p.m. She called her mother who told her to call 911.

The teen hid in her bedroom as she called for help, and could hear the burglar in another room, KIRO -TV reported.

Edgewood and Milton police and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene.

Edgewood police told KIRO-TV that the girl ran out of the house when officers arrived.

The suspect ran out the …

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