<![CDATA[Jezebel: burglar]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: burglar]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/burglar http://jezebel.com/tag/burglar <![CDATA[86-Year-Old Beats Burglar, Makes Him Cry]]> When Gwyneth Davies of Wales caught a man breaking into her kitchen on Friday night, she hit him four times with her metal crutch and made him sit on a stool until the police arrived.

Officers found the 26-year-old man weeping on the stool and arrested him. Though she has recently suffered a broken hip and ribs, pneumonia and shingles, the widow of 20 years says this proves she is able to take care of herself. "Why should old women be looked down on? I think it is terrible the way people look down on you," she said. "I have been brought up with men, and I am very independent and able to stand up for myself." [The Daily Express]

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<![CDATA[Armed & Ready]]> When 85-year-old Leda Smith from Pennsylvania spotted a 17-year-old would-be burglar inside her home, she knew just what to do, "I just walked right past him to the bedroom and got my gun." She then held the boy hostage with her .22-caliber revolver while she made him call 911, and then waited with him, gun ready, until the police came and arrested the boy for attempted burglary and other related offenses. Smith was excited about catching the burglar and hopes that she "broke up the (burglary) ring" that may be connected with a string of robberies in her neighborhood. [CBS News, image via Smith Magazine.]

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