Erwin, Tennessee



From the Johnson City Press of January 28, 2004:

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Break-in foiled - Woman holds man at gunpoint in attempt



A 56-year-old woman who was at home when a man attempted to kick in her front door late Tuesday afternoon confronted the man and held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived.



Kersten Von Seebach, 41, 2941 Smith Road, Mars Hill, N.C., was being held at gunpoint in the front yard at 138 Spivey Mountain Road when deputies arrived. Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department officials did not release the name of the woman involved.



Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris said dispatchers received a call from the woman, who was on a cordless phone outside her house while holding the man.



“Investigator Regan Tilson took the call and made it to the house in about six minutes,” Harris said. “She was holding him and she meant business. When the call came in, she told us she had shot at him once and would do more if she had to.”

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Seebach was charged with aggravated burglary, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of schedule II drugs.



“This man has an extensive record. (Seebach) has charges going back to the 1980s, and they include terrorist-type threats. He has bullet holes in the side of his Jeep and has told us he has shot at people and cars."