By John Estridge
Fired Editor’s Note: The female’s name in the police report is apparently wrong. I have always gone by the official police report information until the police sends me a correction. I have always considered a police report the official data.
A Liberty man taking his dog out early Tuesday morning, November 3, found a man in his garage, and he and his wife attacked the intruder, holding him until police arrived.
According to a post on social media by Michael Alcorn,
“About 330 this morning the dog wanted to go out like always so I walk through the kitchen and I catch an image of a shadow and my garage door shut. I thought I may have been seeing things so I let the dog out and stood on back porch for a second and I see a flashlight in my garage so I run in to house grab a gun wake Sarah up to call 911. We go to the back door; I walk down the steps and start to open garage door same time as a black man tries to run out. He tries to run through me I drop the gun. Spin around and grab him by the hooded coat we wrestle around a minute I finally get in a good position. I bust him in the face 3-4 times it stuns him enough where I can get him wrapped up we go to the ground and I squeeze his throat trying to kill the stupid bastard. Sarah runs down the steps and sits on his legs till cops arrive. We are fine. I am sore and ripped end of my toe off and hand hurts from busting that hard black head of his. But we are alive … next time there won’t be a fight I’ll stand on the porch and just shoot. Everyone in Liberty lock your doors times are getting hard and I think things will get worse.”
According to a police report released by Union County Sheriff Dale Dishmond, “On 11-3-2020 at 4:24am, A call came into dispatch from a Tiffany A Hairston who lives at Lane street in liberty. Tiffany stated that there is a Black male breaking into her garage and that the subject got into a physical altercation with her husband and that her husband has him outside. Officer arrived and took Suspect Christopher A Clark into custody. Christopher is 37 years of age and has an address in Fort Wayne. The home owner stated that they looked in their garage and could see where things were piled up like he was getting ready to steal them. Christopher A Clark was transported to the Union County Jail where he was booked in on burglary charge, bond was set at $10,000.”