Intruder cuts off power to Normal Heights home in attempted break-in
SAN DIEGO - A Normal Heights woman is recounting moments of terror during an attempted home break-in — an attempt that began with a trip to her breaker box.
Just before 10 p.m. Thursday, the sound of footsteps on rocks startled Elle Spurgeon, as she talked on the phone in the living room of her duplex apartment off 40th Street. A video shows a man in shorts lurking outside her home, before she heard a loud noise near her electrical panel. “When I heard someone messing with my breaker, a rise of fear, because I felt like someone was trying to break into my house,” said Spurgeon.“While I was on hold with 911, all of the lights in my house went dark,” said Spurgeon. “I felt completely alone, and I felt like I was going to be attacked."“My hands are shaking. My voice is shaking. I’m scared, because I can hear him,” said Spurgeon.
Spurgeon says she heard someone trying to open her front door several times. She then saw movement. She saw and heard someone trying to open a window.“I hit my blinds… see like a shadow go away,” said Spurgeon.The burglar's M.O. bears similarities to another attempted break-in ABC10News reported on earlier in the week in Del Mar. In that case, a German Shepherd helped chase off an intruder.“I know three of my lights were on,” said Spurgeon.“That to me is diabolical,” said Spurgeon.
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