The Repository, Canton, OH, 8/26/80

Thursday, January 1, 1981

A would-be burglar broke a basement window and crawled into the Canton, Ohio, home of Ruth Fletcher only to be met at gunpoint by the homeowner who held him at bay until police arrived. The man was charged with aggravated burglary.

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