Husband, pregnant wife hear alarm late at night. Soon husband opens fire at male who allegedly broke into garage, wife's car.



A husband was with his pregnant wife at their Houston residence around 11 p.m. Friday when they both heard beeping and their alarm sounding, KHOU-TV reported.

Police said the 50-year-old homeowner grabbed his handgun and checked things out, the station said.

'Just defending what [is] his. The [burglar] should be thankful he wasn’t killed. Next time he may not be so lucky.'

When the homeowner got to the garage, he noticed the door had been opened — and then he saw a male inside his wife's car in the driveway, KHOU said, adding that their home is on Kelving Street near the intersection of Kirby Drive and West Holcombe Boulevard. The station, citing police, said the male broke into the home's garage and the wife's car.

The male then got out of the car and began moving down the driveway, KHOU said.

Police said the homeowner ordered the male to stop, the station reported — but it was dark outside, the male made a quick movement, and that prompted the homeowner to open fire twice, KHOU said. The shots hit the male once in the arm and once in the leg, the station said.

The homeowner yelled for his wife to call 911 and get help as he stayed with the male, the station said.

The Houston Fire Department quickly arrived and brought the male to an area hospital where he was expected to survive, KHOU said.

The station said the male is expected to face burglary charges.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office will investigate to determine if any charges will be filed against the homeowner, KHOU noted.

How are people reacting?

Commenters responding to KHOU's Facebook post about the incident seem decidedly in the homeowner's corner:

  • "He got exactly what he deserved!" one commenter wrote. "Thank you Texas for allowing us to keep our guns!!!"
  • "Can't just go into someone's property and do what you want," another user said. "Got to know there would be consequences."
  • "Perfectly justified under the law in Texas," another commenter wrote. "This homeowner better not get charged."
  • "Give the homeowner a reward for stopping crime when police can’t and then give him a parade/honor him with a day of recognition as well," another user suggested.
  • "Good work homeowner," another commenter stated.
  • "Just defending what [is] his," another user reasoned. "The [burglar] should be thankful he wasn’t killed. Next time he may not be so lucky."

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$500K in jewelry stolen from Los Angeles soccer star Olivier Giroud as string of athlete burglaries continues



LAFC star Olivier Giroud's house was broken into and burglarized, marking yet another professional athlete whose privacy was violated.

Giroud, a French national playing for LAFC in Los Angeles, lost around $500,000 worth of high-value items in early February, according to multiple reports.

Giroud's wife, Jennifer, reported the break-in on February 5 upon discovering a broken window at their L.A. property. They had just moved into the home in September 2024 after the Frenchman was signed by his new team in May.

Among the items taken from Giroud's home were more than 10 men's watches, according to the Daily Mail. The total value of the items was estimated by Giroud's wife, TMZ reported, and so far no arrests have been made in connection with the crime. The Los Angeles Police Department is reportedly still investigating.

The robbery reflects an ongoing and troubling trend for professional athletes in America, most recently capped off by an absurd robbery of NFL quarterback Joe Burrow.

After model Olivia Ponton reported a robbery at Burrow's home in December, police bodycam footage and subsequent documentation revealed the robbers were Chilean illegal immigrants who not only immediately wore Burrow's belongings after taking them, but they posed for photos with his stolen Louis Vuitton luggage and diamond chains.

'We owe it to the victims.'

Robberies of Kansas City Chiefs players Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes have also made headlines, while NHL players have not been spared either. Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin was robbed of his most prized possessions in mid-January: three Stanley Cup rings. The rings represent all three of Malkin's championships with the Penguins in 2009, 2016, and 2017.

Meanwhile, NBA megastar Luke Doncic also had his home in Dallas burglarized in December while he was away. Interestingly enough, the robbery came just weeks before he was traded to Los Angeles where Giroud's robbery occurred.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker said authorities are looking into the alleged criminal networks.

"We owe it to the victims, whether they are or are not professional athletes, to follow the evidence. ... Today is a day that law enforcement scored and spiked the ball."

Giroud made his debut for LAFC in August and appeared in 10 games in 2024. He has long been a star in European soccer for teams in Italy, France, and England, and is known as one of the most successful international soccer players of all time. He leads all scorers for France's national team with a record 57 goals, six ahead of legend Thierry Henry.

Giroud was signed by LAFC to a one-and-a-half-year Designated Player contract through 2025, with an option year for 2026. The Designated Player Rule allows for MLS teams to sign up to three players whose salaries and transfer fees exceed their salary cap.

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Chilean illegal aliens who burglarized Joe Burrow's home posed for photos with his jewelry and Louis Vuitton luggage



Police have confirmed that three illegal immigrant men from Chile are facing federal charges after a burglary of NFL quarterback Joe Burrow's home.

After a model at Burrow's home originally reported a robbery in December, police released bodycam footage of four illegal immigrants who were pulled over in a traffic stop.

As the patrolman approached the car, a male in the passenger seat was immediately shown wearing a Cincinnati Bengals beanie. While searching the trunk, the officer also found a Louis Vuitton bag and an LSU shirt, where Burrow played college.

A recent indictment against three of the individuals has since revealed the suspects are facing local and federal charges after they were found to have stolen about $300,000 worth of items from Burrow's home.

This included luxury diamond chains that read "JB9" and "#9," Burrow's initials and number. The men also took photos of themselves wearing the chains, along with a Louis Vuitton hat and luggage. One man is giving a thumbs up in the photo, another is giving a peace sign, while the third and likely uncharged individual was giving the middle finger.

Another photo showed a stack of cash and various jewelry sprawled out on a table.

Burrow's Cincinnati Bengals released a statement praising law enforcement while thanking them for their investigation:

"The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department and their partner agencies at the local, state and federal level did a wonderful job investigating the crime and bringing bad actors to justice. The Cincinnati Bengals would like to thank them for their efforts and extend our sincere appreciation for their good work. We recognize there was a tremendous amount of complex investigative work that led to these indictments, and the Sheriff's Department was exemplary in this work."

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'Today is a day that law enforcement scored and spiked the ball.'

After being taken to the Clark County Sheriff's Office for questioning, a detective called one of the cell phone numbers that pinged a cell phone tower in Burrow's neighborhood at the time of the burglary. Documents said that one of the suspects' phone started ringing.

According to Fox News, further analysis showed one of the suspects deleted other photographs of the stolen items and photos of the back of Burrow's home.

A federal grand jury in Cincinnati charged Bastian Alejandro Orellana Morales, 23, Jordan Francisco Quiroga Sanchez, 22, and Sergio Andres Ortega Cabello, 38. They are believed to be part of a "South American Theft Group" that transports stolen goods between states.

The FBI reportedly said the theft groups have been a "major concern" around Cincinnati.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker said authorities are looking into the alleged criminal networks.

"We owe it to the victims, whether they are or are not professional athletes, to follow the evidence. ... Today is a day that law enforcement scored and spiked the ball."

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'Just Common Sense': Trump Signs Bipartisan Laken Riley Act To Crack Down on Illegal Immigrant Crime

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act as his administration's first piece of legislation, fulfilling his campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration.

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Police footage shows Joe Burrow's alleged home invaders wearing his merch during traffic stop



Four illegal immigrants suspected of robbing the home of NFL quarterback Joe Burrow were pulled over with football merchandise in their car, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol. One suspect even appeared to be wearing some of the stolen merchandise.

Burrow's home was burglarized in December 2024 while he was playing a football game for the Cincinnati Bengals. Olivia Ponton, a 23-year-old Sports Illustrated model, was at Burrow's house in Ohio at the time and alerted police to the home invasion.

It was later reported by Blaze News that four illegal immigrants were suspected of conducting the break-in and were spotted by a special agent with the Ohio State Highway Patrol putting suspicious luggage into a vehicle outside a hotel in Fairborn, Ohio.

Bodycam footage from the Ohio State Highway Patrol has since been released and subsequently aired by ABC's "Good Morning America."

Recorded on January 10, the video showed an officer had pulled over a black SUV with four men, the alleged suspects, inside the vehicle.

As the patrolman approached the car, a male in the passenger seat was immediately shown wearing a Cincinnati Bengals beanie.

'Orlando? Wrong way.'

The police officer then asked the men for identification and learned all four were Chilean nationals. Three of the men allegedly handed the officer fake identification. As previously reported by Blaze News, all the men were identified in court records to be in the United States illegally at the time of the traffic stop.

The stop continued with the patrolman asking the men where they were going, with one man allegedly responding with "Orlando."

"Orlando? Wrong way," the Ohio officer replied. "Florida's that way," the officer continued, pointing to his left as the car was pointed to his right.

The officer later brought the driver to his squad car and told him the car smelled of marijuana and eventually was authorized by the driver to search the suspects' vehicle.

While searching the trunk, the officer found a Louis Vuitton bag and an LSU shirt, where Burrow played college. These items were noted as missing in the police report from the incident at Burrow's home.

The search also revealed "two Husky automatic center punch [tools] wrapped in a cloth towel behind the glove box," which the officer noted as items used to break glass.

The suspects were later identified in court records as Alexander Chavez, Bastian Morales, Jordan Sanchez, and Sergio Cabello. Morales had allegedly been seen carrying a designer bag and had previously been identified as a "male possibly involved in a burglary offense" on the same day as the robbery at Burrow's house.

After being taken to the Clark County Sheriff's Office for questioning, a detective called one of the cell phone numbers that pinged a cell phone tower in Burrow's neighborhood at the time of the burglary. Documents said that Morales' phone started ringing.

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Convicted felon opens fire on armed homeowner who confronts him burglarizing car, cops say. But homeowner is the better shot.



An armed Florida homeowner confronted a convicted felon who was burglarizing his car in his driveway in late December, police said. But after the felon opened fire at the homeowner, the homeowner returned fire and wounded the suspect, police said.

The City of Palm Bay Police Department said the suspect in question has been identified as 26-year-old Javone Williams, WOFL-TV reported. Palm Bay is about four miles south of Melbourne on the state's east coast.

Jail records also indicate Williams was arrested three other times in 2024, once in 2023, four times in 2020, twice in 2017, and twice in 2016.

Officers told the station they responded to reports on Dec. 27 of a suspicious vehicle in the area of the 500 block of Titan Road SE. One caller described the vehicle in question as a silver SUV parked in front of the caller's home, WOFL said.

Police told the station that while they were headed to the reported location, another call came in describing a similar vehicle being involved in a shooting at another residence on the same street.

Officers told WOFL they found shell casings in the road after heading to the location of the reported shooting.

The resident told police his Ring camera alerted him to activity in his driveway, so he exited his home armed with a gun and saw two males going through his vehicles, the station said.

The resident confronted the pair, one of whom shot at the resident, who then returned fire, WOFL said, citing the police report. The shoot-out took place around 1 a.m., WKMG-TV reported, adding that the homeowner was "OK" in the aftermath.

Police at the scene then learned of a person who had been shot arriving at a nearby emergency room, the station said, adding that police identified the individual as Williams.

Police said Williams told them he and his friend were shot at while they were near a different location, but officers noted that they found no shell casings or evidence of a shooting near that location — nor were Williams' wounds consistent with the story he told police, WOFL said.

The police report also states that Williams told officers he was in an Uber his girlfriend requested, but the girlfriend told police this wasn't true, the station said.

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Police say surveillance video shows the two men searching two separate vehicles, and one begins shooting at the resident before they are driven off by another person in the driver's seat of a car.

Although officers say Williams is wearing the same pants in the video as he was at the hospital, police say he denied being involved in the incident and refused to provide DNA.

Officers say they performed a gun-shot residue test on Williams after he was cleared at the hospital, and the test was positive.

Jail records indicate Williams was charged with numerous felonies in connection with the shoot-out. They include armed burglary with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm, discharging a firearm from a vehicle, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the station said. WKMG said a judge revoked Williams' bond and that he could receive life in prison.

Jail records also indicate Williams was arrested three other times in 2024, once in 2023, four times in 2020, twice in 2017, and twice in 2016.

You can view a video report here about the Dec. 27 shoot-out.

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Homeowner opens fire on suspected burglar — who heads into another residence, steals truck, leads cops on high-speed chase



A homeowner in Sacramento, California, opened fire on a suspected burglar Friday afternoon, and the alleged crook headed into a different residence, stole a truck, and then led police on a high-speed chase.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office told KOVR-TV it received a 3 p.m. call about a burglary along Chandler Drive in south Sacramento.

Sheriff's spokesperson Amar Gandhi said in KOVR's video report that the suspect is a 'lifelong criminal' with a record showing more than 20 years of 'theft charges, gun charges, drug charges — you name it, he's got everything under the sun.'

Deputies told KCRA-TV the alleged thief — 40-year-old Emelio Correa — tried to break in; the family inside shouted for him to go away, but he refused.

Authorities told the station the suspect failed to get into the home — and investigators said the homeowner fired at least one gunshot at the suspect, KOVR noted. Deputies indicated the homeowner — a legal gun owner — shot the suspect in the hand, KCRA-TV reported, adding that the suspect's blood was left behind at the scene.

KOVR's video report about the incident shows police investigating a front-entrance window with a large bullet hole.

However, the suspect did get inside a different residence soon after. The owner of the second home told KRCA the suspect got in because the front door was accidentally left unlocked.

With that, the suspect entered the garage, found keys on a truck's front seat, and led deputies on a high-speed chase on Highway 99, KCRA reported.

Cuong Nguyen — the owner of the second residence — wasn't home during the incident but told KCRA the suspect plowed right into his garage door to steal his truck, after which half his garage door was "in the middle of the street" when he returned.

The chase ended after Correa hit spike strips near Arno Road and rolled the truck into a ditch, KCRA reported. The suspect was then taken into custody, KOVR noted.

Correa suffered minor injuries and was being held in Sacramento County jail on a $100,000 bond, KCRA reported, adding that he was expected in court Tuesday to face four felonies.

You can view KCRA's video report here.

Sheriff's spokesperson Amar Gandhi said in KOVR's video report that the suspect is a "lifelong criminal" with a record showing more than 20 years of "theft charges, gun charges, drug charges — you name it, he's got everything under the sun."

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NFL issues security warning to players about 'organized and skilled' criminals targeting their homes



The NFL's security team told its players that thieves are looking to exploit their team schedules and target athletes' homes on game days.

After Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was burglarized and tight end Travis Kelce was robbed of $20,000, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been looking into the string of robberies that are allegedly connected to a crime syndicate in South America.

Reporter Diana Russini has since revealed that the NFL told players to be aware that their homes were being targeted on days the criminals might suspect the players are absent.

"The homes of professional athletes across multiple sports leagues have become increasingly targeted for burglaries by organized and skilled groups," the memo posted on X stated. "Law enforcement officials have noted these groups appear to exploit team schedules to target athletes' homes on game days."

'Do not post public images of expensive items.'

The memo also stated that burglary groups appear to have been gathering information from a combination of public records, media reports, and social media posts.

As such, the league advised players against making any social media "check-ins" about their daily activities or whereabouts.

"Do not post public images of expensive items (e.g., jewelry, vehicles, or clothing) on social media accounts. Do not post images of or comments about your residence or hotel accommodations," the memo continued.

The NFL said the thieves have been essentially performing disguised heists, often conducting extensive surveillance on targets, their residences, and even their security measures. Then, the purported burglars are posing as delivery men, grounds maintenance, or even joggers in the neighborhood.

Side doors, balconies, and second-floor windows have been used to gain entry to houses, with patio furniture or ladders sometimes used to scale walls.

In terms of what has been taken from the athletes, NFL officials said that master bedrooms have been the predominant targets where the thieves look for jewelry, handbags, cash, and watches. Of course, safes have been a popular target, as well.

The NFL Network previously reported that the robberies are in connection with a "transnational crime ring" that has focused on NBA and NFL players "all over the country."

A former FBI agent told ABC News that athletes are easily targeted due to the plethora of public information regarding their whereabouts.

"Their schedules were going to be published when they're going to play a game, so it makes it easy when to go to the house," said former agent Brad Garrett. "These high-profile folks are really ripe targets."

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Homeowner fatally shoots decorated off-duty cop who reportedly broke into residence at 5 a.m.



A Georgia homeowner fatally shot a decorated, off-duty Atlanta police officer who reportedly broke into a neighboring residence at 5 a.m. Friday — and authorities are calling the shooting self-defense.

Atlanta police identified the officer as Investigator Aubree Horton, WAGA-TV reported.

'I've lived here for five years, and I can promise you, this isn't something you expect to see here.'

Horton was selected as Investigator of the Year at the Atlanta Police Foundation's 20th Annual "Crime is Toast" Awards on Sept. 24.

The incident occurred at a home on Orkney Way near East Carroll Road in the St. Andrews Country Club neighborhood, WAGA said.

Douglas County Sheriff Tim Pounds told the station that deputies responded to a burglary call at the scene of the shooting.

"On an attempted burglary, we understand that an individual attempted to gain entry into the residence," the sheriff told WAGA. "Once inside, the homeowner produced a firearm in self-defense and shot the individual." Pounds said the individual in question died.

The deadly shooting shocked neighbors, the station said.

"I've lived here for five years, and I can promise you, this isn't something you expect to see here," resident Milton Johnston told WAGA.

Authorities told the station that Horton also lived in the neighborhood — about a half-mile from the scene — and may have been experiencing a mental health episode or under the influence of narcotics.

"We believe the burglar lived in the neighborhood," Pounds noted to WAGA. "This is an active investigation, and there are many details we're still working to uncover."

Atlanta police confirmed in a statement that Horton — who had been with the department since November 2015 and most recently was assigned to the Fugitive Unit — was off duty at the time of the incident, the station said.

"We are working closely with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office to learn more about what occurred as they continue to investigate," the police department's statement read, according to WAGA.

You can view video reports here and here, about the incident.

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