Apache Junction, Arizona

From the May 10, 2005 East Mesa Independent:

An Apache Junction man held a burglar at gunpoint April 28 until Pinal County Sheriff's deputies arrived to arrest the suspect.

According to the sheriff's office, Michael F. Swoboda broke into a home in the 6300 block of East Fifth Avenue at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28, and threatened the family with a knife.

When sheriff's deputies arrived, the report said, Mr. Swoboda slammed shut the master bedroom door. One of the victims then forced the door open and sheriff's deputies entered.

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Once Mr. Swoboda was in the vehicle, the male victim told deputies that his wife woke him up and told him that she heard somebody in the kitchen. At that point, the man grabbed a pistol from his bedside and went to investigate. He then found the suspect in the kitchen with a knife and walking toward him in a threatening manner, the report said.

The report continues that the male victim was able to force the knife out of the suspect's hand but he fled into the hallway. It was then that the deputies arrived.