County woman catches burglar, holds him for arrest

Published 11:27 am Monday, February 6, 2012

An Eagle Lake woman returning to her home in the 800 block of Eagle Lake Shore Road early Sunday morning found someone in her home, and she and a neighbor used a weapon to hold him until Warren County deputies arrived and arrested him.

Sheriff Martin Pace said the woman knew someone was upstairs in her apartment as soon as she walked in at about 2:30 Sunday.

“She immediately called 9-1-1 and summoned a neighbor,” he said.

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“The neighbor arrived with a gun,” Pace said.

A jewelry box had been rummaged through, Pace said, but nothing was missing.

Arrested was Kyle Stephen Calhoun, 23, 308 Hunters Ridge Drive, Clinton, and he remained in the Warren County Jail this morning charged with burglary and awaiting an initial hearing in court, Pace said.