A burglar in San Jacinto apparently picked the wrong house to break into
Sunday Morning. He was confronted by a 92-year-old homeowner armed with
a gun. According to San Jacinto police, the intruder tried to gain
forced entry by smashing a door with an ax at a house in the 1400 block
of Chase Street at about 11 a.m.
Joe Milspa said he heard the noise and approached the door with his
handgun. That was when “he suddenly saw an exterior glass window of the
home shatter, followed by the suspect attempting to crawl into his home
through the window,” said Sgt. Craig McDonald of the San Jacinto Police
Department.
Milspa, who is a World War II veteran and lives alone, immediately fired
one round at the intruder. “I could have shot him right in the head
between the eyes. But I didn’t want to do that. I would have been in
trouble,” Milspa said.
The burglar was
not hit. But he did take off running, leaving behind his ax and several other items, police said.
Milspa, who worked as a mechanic for the Los Angeles Police Department
for 21 years, said he has had the gun for decades and still goes to the
shooting range.
The burglar was described as 20 to 30 years old with a dark complexion.
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