12yr Girl Calls 911 on intruders

[Nate Dogg]

by Associated Press

kgw.com

Posted on May 25, 2010 at 8:04 AM

Updated today at 12:24 PM

TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) -- Troutdale police arrested three men after a 12-year-old girl alerted them there was a burglar in the house.

Sgt. Steven Bevens says the girl was alone Monday afternoon when someone she didn't know knocked on the door of the home east of Portland.

He turned out to be one of three men police allege were involved. Arrested were Alexis Aristides Colidres-Munoz, (left) Jorge Antonio Avila-Rodas (center) and Benito Benigno Flores-Amador.

When she heard the man try to open it, she hid under her bed and called 9-1-1.

Bevens says the girl stayed on the line with a dispatcher as the man forced his way into the home and gathered items to steal. At one point, he was in her room.

Officers arrived and arrested the man at gunpoint. A second suspect was taken into custody after running from the house and a third was arrested in a getaway car.

All three were booked into a Multnomah County jail.

Source: http://www.kgw.com/news/Police-say-Troutdale-girl-stopped-burglary-94828659.html

My only feeling is. This family should move to a different house while these guys are in jail. I have a feeling one of these men will come back to the house and try to kill them.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Is that a racist assumption, that the intruders/robbers were Mexican, and therefor savages with intent on revenge? I'm not following your thought pattern on your comment at the end, please enlighten me.

Also, a 12 year old is almost a damn teenager and not like an infant. Why the big shock that she would know to call 911?

 

[ABM]

Also, a 12 year old is almost a damn teenager and not like an infant. Why the big shock that she would know to call 911?

She's currently under investigation as a truant.

 

[Nate Dogg]

No, its not a racist assumption. Some criminals will think like that and get revenge.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Stupid girl. Profiling like that..... Tsk Tsk. Just because they were Mexican, and trying to break in to her house, doesn't mean they meant her any harm. They probably saw her and tried to help her because she was all alone. I hope the families of those fine young men sue the crap out of the the girl and her family for emotional damages because of the blatant profiling and racism here.



On another note, do we know if they were legal citizens yet? I sure hope so. They deserve to be in our jails so that same family can pay for their food and shelter. It probably would have cost them less in the long run just to have their stuff stolen.

 

[Nate Dogg]

On another note, do we know if they were legal citizens yet? I sure hope so. They deserve to be in our jails so that same family can pay for their food and shelter. It probably would have cost them less in the long run just to have their stuff stolen.

Haha. I bet 1/3 of latino/hispanic population in the state of Oregon are illegal anyways. Good luck of those latino/hispanice families of suing for racial profiling. Ha. Dumbfucks, those latino/hispanic men were breaking into a home.

Chris_in_pdx Give it up and give it "bleeping" rest. They did a crime. Suck it up. Your profiling justification has no merit or ground as a comment by me. Did I label this topic as racial? You just gave it your assumption. Whatever dude.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

Why should he give it a rest? What was your feeling? A gut feeling? Based on what? As far as I can tell that article offers no quote from the robbers, not quotes from their family members, all it does offer is their race and names. Chris isn't arguing that they did a crime, but it's okay we're in post racial America and being called out on possible racism is far more offensive than you know, the possible racist act/comment.

 

[LameR]

The bigger question is how did they not see her hiding under a blanket on her bed?

 

[ABM]

The bigger question is how did they not see her hiding under a blanket on her bed?

She was under her "bed".

 

[boatsandstars]

I don't understand why the family needs to move after the burglary. Do these men work for Keyser Soze? I don't follow the OP's logic AT ALL.

Hooray that a kid called 911 and stopped a crime, but all of a sudden the entire family is in danger? How did you make THAT connection?

 

[chris_in_pdx]

No, its not a racist assumption. Some criminals will think like that and get revenge.

So.. if the criminals were named in the article "Jeremy Smith, William Reginald, and Chad Kazinski", would your reaction and post be the same?

I already know the answer, so save your fingers.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Chris_in_pdx Give it up and give it "bleeping" rest. They did a crime. Suck it up. Your profiling justification has no merit or ground as a comment by me. Did I label this topic as racial? You just gave it your assumption. Whatever dude.

Hit a nerve, did I?

 

[Ed O]

So.. if the criminals were named in the article "Jeremy Smith, William Reginald, and Chad Kazinski", would your reaction and post be the same?

I already know the answer, so save your fingers.

You'd probably just say that he assumes they're black.

There is little anyone can do to convince another that he's not racist.

Ed O.

 

[BrianFromWA]

sounds like the 3-4-5 hitters in the "Reggie Cleveland All-Star" team.

 

[boatsandstars]

You'd probably just say that he assumes they're black.

There is little anyone can do to convince another that he's not racist.

Ed O.

Well, you are certainly stretching to assume his hypothetical response to a hypothetical response to a hypothetical question.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

You'd probably just say that he assumes they're black.

There is little anyone can do to convince another that he's not racist.

So the default reaction in your eyes is to not?

How's the world in your ivory tower?

 

[rocketeer]

how is anything nate dogg said racist? it's not even close. he's saying that the criminals know where the family lives so the family should move to make sure they're safe. that has nothing to do with race is any way. i don't necessarily agree that the family should move, but race isn't involved.

 

[rocketeer]

So the default reaction in your eyes is to not?

How's the world in your ivory tower?

your default reaction is to assume that every comment made is racially motivated?

 

[chris_in_pdx]

how is anything nate dogg said racist? it's not even close. he's saying that the criminals know where the family lives so the family should move to make sure they're safe. that has nothing to do with race is any way. i don't necessarily agree that the family should move, but race isn't involved.

Oh COME ON. So, by his logic, every person that's house is robbed should move to avoid retribution by the criminals if they are caught? Paranoid much? And please tell me how he lept to ANY kind of conclusion like that without taking into account the OBVIOUS latino names mentioned in the article? Jesus, do some people just CHOOSE to think that racial prejudice plays no role in some people's reactions and attitudes? It's not tough to see the signs when you have been exposed to situations where you see it first-hand, and when you choose to look for them instead of refusing to accept that subtle (and not so subtle) racism still exists in this country.

 

[rocketeer]

Oh COME ON. So, by his logic, every person that's house is robbed should move to avoid retribution by the criminals if they are caught? Paranoid much? And please tell me how he lept to ANY kind of conclusion like that without taking into account the OBVIOUS latino names mentioned in the article? Jesus, do some people just CHOOSE to think that racial prejudice plays no role in some people's reactions and attitudes? It's not tough to see the signs when you have been exposed to situations where you see it first-hand, and when you choose to look for them instead of refusing to accept that subtle (and not so subtle) racism still exists in this country.

the part in bold is what i got from reading his post. if you disagree with that, that is what you should be arguing about. there literally is no reason for you to assume he came to that conclusion because of latino names being mentioned.

there was no subtle(or not so subtle) racism involved at all in his post.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

the part in bold is what i got from reading his post. if you disagree with that, that is what you should be arguing about. there literally is no reason for you to assume he came to that conclusion because of latino names being mentioned.

You and I vehemently disagree. I think you are blind to the obvious. That's MY opinion.

 

[THE HCP]

That was close........ I was the 4th Mexican!

 

[LameR]

She was under her "bed".

I thought they said there was too much stuff under her bed and not enough space for her. I was listening with noise around though so I couldn't hear super well.

 

[rocketeer]

You and I vehemently disagree. I think you are blind to the obvious. That's MY opinion.

i'm still trying to figure out what part of his comment implied racism. the idea that some criminals would want to get revenge on the people who got them caught certainly isn't something specific to latinos.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

i'm still trying to figure out what part of his comment implied racism. the idea that some criminals would want to get revenge on the people who got them caught certainly isn't something specific to latinos.

It's my opinion that the criminals being latinos led him to make the post and statement in the first place. A not-so-thinly-veiled "look at what havoc the wetback illegals are causing in this country! Lock 'em all up and ship 'em out!" sentiment.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Lock up all the criminals. If they're illegals, ship 'em out.
/super-racist white supremacist tea-bagging rant

 

[Eastoff]

Lock up all the criminals. If they're illegals, ship 'em out.
/super-racist white supremacist tea-bagging rant

I would try to get ID on them if they are illegal first. Like finger prints and photos and all, but I guess they probably do that automatically. But I do agree if they break a crime, definitely get them out of here.

In reference to the OP; it is sad that someone has to move from their house out of fear of being broken into again. Maybe just get a security system?

 

[Ed O]

So the default reaction in your eyes is to not?

Of course not. I think that's a terrible way to live your life.

How's the world in your ivory tower?

It's great. I get to worry about what people are like without worrying about their race.

Ed O.

 

[Ed O]

It's my opinion that the criminals being latinos led him to make the post and statement in the first place. A not-so-thinly-veiled "look at what havoc the wetback illegals are causing in this country! Lock 'em all up and ship 'em out!" sentiment.

Is there anything he could say that you would believe to convince you that you're wrong?

I can be convinced that he is a racist. I doubt you can be convinced that he is not.

Ed O.

 

[MrSelfDestruct]

I would try to get ID on them if they are illegal first. Like finger prints and photos and all, but I guess they probably do that automatically. But I do agree if they break a crime, definitely get them out of here.

In reference to the OP; it is sad that someone has to move from their house out of fear of being broken into again. Maybe just get a security system?

My friend who is a Washington County Sheriff has said that many security system companies won't send police until after they call the house and get no response (due to the high number of false alarms). Now, that may not be 100% accurate but regardless, as someone who grew up in a home with an alarm system I can tell you first hand the response time is less than reassuring.