From the Torrance Daily Breeze of September 2, 2004
Redondo resident scares off intruders
Three are arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary after the incident
A Redondo Beach man thwarted a burglary at his home when he opened the blinds and waved a handgun at the potential intruders, who fled.
Police officers quickly caught up to the two women and 16-year-old boy who allegedly tried to break into the house Monday not knowing someone was inside. The suspected burglars ended up in jail.
The resident, a graveyard shift worker with a power company, was asleep at 9:10 a.m. in the 3300 block of McBain Avenue when one of the suspects knocked at his door, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan said.
The knock apparently is a common tactic used by burglars. When no one answered, they figured no one was home.
By this time, the homeowner got up to check who was at the door, and he noticed somebody suspicious across the street and heard a noise at the back of the house, Keenan said.
He realized somebody was trying to break in through his back window and got a handgun.
"As the person is still trying to make entry into the window he pulls back the miniblinds and points the gun at the suspects," Keenan said. "They, of course, ran off."
The victim called police, telling them a woman and two men drove away in a green sedan with a spoiler.
A short time later, Redondo Beach police officer Don Martinez spotted the car traveling east on Artesia Boulevard.
The driver accelerated when Martinez got behind them, but stopped in an alley in the 2800 block of Artesia and abandoned the car.
The three tried to walk away in different directions, but Martinez ordered them to the ground. More officers arrived and helped arrest them.
The suspects turned out to be two women and a teenage boy.
Arrested on suspicion of attempted burglary were Lanisha Lynette Armstrong, 20, of Compton; Shaton Shanay Nix, 20, of Long Beach and a 16-year-old boy from Compton.
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