Woman chases burglar from home, stands in front of his escaping car
GUILFORD – A woman arriving home in broad daylight surprised a burglar inside her home and chased him out, even attempting to block his escape by standing in front of his car while she called 911.
Chenango County Sheriff’s Lt. Richard Cobb said the defendant in the crime, 29-year-old Andrew J. Vandusen of Gilbertsville, ran over the woman’s foot with his car as he sped past her and fled the scene.
Cobb said homeowner provided a physical description of Vandusen and his vehicle that allowed a nearby sheriff’s patrol to locate him a short time later, traveling through the Town of Oxford.
Police charged Vandusen with second degree burglary, second degree reckless endangerment, second degree harassment and seventh degree possession of a controlled substance.
Police claim the victim returned home and at about 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon to find a burglar in her house.
Cobb said the defendant then fled past the homeowner to a parked vehicle outside. The woman followed him, ordering him to stop. After she tried to keep the car from leaving by standing in front of it, Vandusen allegedly swerved around the woman, rolling over her foot nearly striking her with the vehicle, said Cobb.
“She was hurt by the car, but she said she didn’t need medical attention. It was a minor injury,” he said.
Cobb said deputies searched Vandusen’s car after pulling him over and found the woman’s prescription drugs and other items taken from the home.
Police also charged Vandusen with fifth degree criminal possession of stolen property after investigators allegedly located additional items that had been reported stolen in a separate Guilford burglary case.
“A few days later, a gentleman victim called the station and identified some of the items as belonging to him,” said Cobb.
The man’s items were allegedly stolen from a storage building near his home in Guilford a few weeks earlier. Cobb said Vandusen could be facing additional burglary charges over the incident.
Vandusen was arraigned in Town of Guilford Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $10,000 cash bail.
Chenango County Sheriff’s Lt. Richard Cobb said the defendant in the crime, 29-year-old Andrew J. Vandusen of Gilbertsville, ran over the woman’s foot with his car as he sped past her and fled the scene.
Cobb said homeowner provided a physical description of Vandusen and his vehicle that allowed a nearby sheriff’s patrol to locate him a short time later, traveling through the Town of Oxford.
Police charged Vandusen with second degree burglary, second degree reckless endangerment, second degree harassment and seventh degree possession of a controlled substance.
Police claim the victim returned home and at about 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon to find a burglar in her house.
Cobb said the defendant then fled past the homeowner to a parked vehicle outside. The woman followed him, ordering him to stop. After she tried to keep the car from leaving by standing in front of it, Vandusen allegedly swerved around the woman, rolling over her foot nearly striking her with the vehicle, said Cobb.
“She was hurt by the car, but she said she didn’t need medical attention. It was a minor injury,” he said.
Cobb said deputies searched Vandusen’s car after pulling him over and found the woman’s prescription drugs and other items taken from the home.
Police also charged Vandusen with fifth degree criminal possession of stolen property after investigators allegedly located additional items that had been reported stolen in a separate Guilford burglary case.
“A few days later, a gentleman victim called the station and identified some of the items as belonging to him,” said Cobb.
The man’s items were allegedly stolen from a storage building near his home in Guilford a few weeks earlier. Cobb said Vandusen could be facing additional burglary charges over the incident.
Vandusen was arraigned in Town of Guilford Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $10,000 cash bail.
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