Gun Toting 89 year-old SC Widow Scares Burglars

[MsCedarSwampRetrievers]

http://www.wistv.com/story/19112018/...cares-burglars

BLENHEIM, SC (AP) - An 89-year-old South Carolina widow surprised and chased off two burglars who broke into her home by using a fully-loaded .38 caliber pistol she pulled from under her mattress.
Marlboro County Sheriff Fred Knight told the Florence Morning News he arrived at Ruby Hodge's home Monday morning after she'd used her lifeline emergency device to call authorities.
Knight says 42-year-old Nelson Hawkins of Darlington and 31-year-old Ronnie Stevenson of Lydia were apprehended after a passerby saw a vehicle in Hodge's driveway and took down the license plate number.
Hodge told the paper two men broke in through her back door and they ran away after she confronted them with the gun. The widow says the weapon belonged to her late husband, who died 22 years ago.

[Bownut]

http://www.wistv.com/story/19112018/...cares-burglars

BLENHEIM, SC (AP) - An 89-year-old South Carolina widow surprised and chased off two burglars who broke into her home by using a fully-loaded .38 caliber pistol she pulled from under her mattress.
Marlboro County Sheriff Fred Knight told the Florence Morning News he arrived at Ruby Hodge's home Monday morning after she'd used her lifeline emergency device to call authorities.
Knight says 42-year-old Nelson Hawkins of Darlington and 31-year-old Ronnie Stevenson of Lydia were apprehended after a passerby saw a vehicle in Hodge's driveway and took down the license plate number.
Hodge told the paper two men broke in through her back door and they ran away after she confronted them with the gun. The widow says the weapon belonged to her late husband, who died 22 years ago.

Hell's to the yeah, she should have lit their asses up, I would have bought her some more ammo. And if the passerby thought enough about it to write down the tag number, they should have went back and checked on her. There is no telling how differently this story could have turned out if she wasn't armed. Good for her.

[MsCedarSwampRetrievers]

And they were at least 30 minutes from "home", closer to 45 for the guy from Lydia...makes you wonder if they were on a "spree" of some sort until Grandma scared the crap out of them.

[trentsmith]

I wish she woulda shot both their sorry asses!!!!!!

[carolinaboy06]

That a girl, Granny!