Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Hollis, New Hampshire



From Manchester’s theWMURchannel.com of January 18, 2005
Police: Homeowner Holds Burglar At Gunpoint



Neighbor Accused Of Breaking Into Man's Home



Police said a Hollis man held a neighbor at gunpoint after the man broke into his home.



Police responded to a report of a burglary in progress early Monday morning and found the suspect on the kitchen floor, with the homeowner holding a gun to his head. Police said the homeowner fired three shots, but none of them injured the suspect.



Peter Camplin, 38, was charged with burglary and ordered held on $10,000 bail.



Police said Camplin apparently drank alcohol and took cocaine, broke everything in his own home, then jumped out a second-story window, cutting himself.



Police said he then ran across the street and into a plate glass window at his neighbor's home, ran into the breezeway, then out into the back yard. Camplin then ran back to the house and kicked down the door into the kitchen, where the homeowner met him, armed with two handguns.




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