Number 11 Incident in Northamptonshire In November of 2020, a would-be burglar
fell to his death through the roof of a garden machinery shop, in Northamptonshire, England. The
unnamed man had tried to break in through the top of the building, when he’s believed to have lost
his footing. He fell so quickly that none of the alarms were triggered. Below him were chainsaws,
lawnmowers and other sharp tools. When the shop’s owner arrived, on the morning of
November the 20th, the burglar’s lifeless body was reportedly found impaled on a piece of equipment.
Number 10 Joe Torrez On New Year’s Day, 2014, four men
tried breaking into the house of MMA fighter Joe Torrez. The 27-year-old was at his New Mexico home
with his young son and his fiancée, when the incident occurred. Torrez fatally beat and stabbed
one of the intruders. 25-year-old Sal Garges sustained critical puncture wounds to the head,
neck and heart. A second intruder was beaten so badly that he had to be taken from Torrez’s
property via ambulance. The others then fled in fear. The burglars, all known gang members,
had reportedly targeted the fighter’s home after a previous altercation. They were arrested
and Torrez was also investigated for several months, before being cleared of any wrongdoing.
Number 9 Joey Archer Joey Archer, a resident of Rainier, Washington,
defended his home from a burglar who’d used a gardening tool to vandalize his property.
The unidentified suspect had climbed a fence onto Archer’s property and grabbed a shovel
from his barn. He used the tool to try and pry open the doors of a car belonging to the homeowner
but, when it didn’t work, the intruder shattered the vehicle’s windows. The suspect then smashed
Archer’s glass front door, at which point the homeowner came out to defend his young daughters,
who were inside at the time. Archer managed to take the shovel out of the intruder hands
and then struck him twice over the head with it. The authorities arrived at the scene and arrested
the perpetrator, who faced charges of residential burglary, vehicle prowl and criminal trespassing.
Number 8 Ronald Edward Kidd In November of 2019, a burglar in Nevada lost his
life after falling through the roof of the nail salon he was targeting. According to Carson City
authorities, Ronald Edward Kidd had an extensive record of theft and robbery. He was carrying a
bag with burglary tools inside and had tried to get into the Cutting Edge Salon. A portion of the
roof collapsed as he was making his way through it and Kidd fell to the floor beneath. Emergency
services found him dead at the scene. According to a report from the sheriff’s department, Kidd had
acted alone in what was his last robbery. Number 7 Gregory McCalium
In June of 2009, Gregory McCalium was left with a badly swollen lip and a black eye
after breaking into the house of 72-year-old Frank Corti. The two, who were neighbors in Botley,
Oxfordshire, had had disputes in the past over the rowdy parties that McCalium would often throw.
Their quarrels culminated with the latter breaking into Corti’s home, while carrying
a six-bladed knuckle duster. McCalium, who was intoxicated at the time, tried a slashing attack
but Corti, a former boxing champion, evaded it. Corti then grabbed the man’s wrists and told him
to let go of the knife but the burglar refused. It was then that Corti punched him in the head, a
strike which stunned McCalium, causing him to drop the weapon. The homeowner then continued to punch
the burglar into submission. His wife called the police and Corti remained on top of the intruder
until the authorities arrived at scene. Number 6 Ansley Pacheco
In October of 2020, Instagram model and OnlyFans star Ansley Pacheco was involved in a shootout
at her home in Hialeah, Florida. 26-year-old Pacheco was in the bedroom while her husband,
Daniel, and his friends were watching a Miami Heat basketball game in the living room. Two masked
men, armed with Uzi submachine guns, broke in through the front door. They stole over $100,000
in jewellery and accessories from the men. A scantily clad Pacheco, who’d heard the commotion,
grabbed her husband’s gun and started shooting at the intruders. The men fired back as they
fled the house. The woman would later tell the authorities that the intruders didn’t care as they
were shooting above her 7-year-old son’s head. Bullets went flying towards Pacheco, landing in
her bedroom door as well as her TV. Daniel then took the firearm from the Instagram model’s hands
and fired a few more shots at the robbers, as they made their escape in a dark sedan.
Amazingly, no one was hurt in the shootout. The couple shared security footage of the
break-in with the authorities but none of the victims could identify their attackers.
Number 5 Dharmendra Kumar During a daring escape attempt, a burglar from
Indirapuram, India, fell from the 9th floor of a building. After stealing cash and jewellery from
the apartment, the man, identified as 30-year-old Dharmendra Kumar, tried to climb down the
building’s gas pipeline. It was reported that he’d done so after being spotted by the residential
guards. Kumar slipped and plummeted to his death. One of the guards recovered a gold necklace,
a gas cutter, cash and pepper spray from the man’s possession. The owners of the burglarized
apartment claimed that their door hadn’t been tampered with. This led to authorities suspecting
that Kumar had climbed down from the roof and entered the residence through the balcony.
Number 4 Braydon Smith In June of 2019, an 11-year-old North Carolina boy
stopped a burglar by striking him with a machete. Braydon Smith was home alone when 19-year-old
Jataveon Dashawn Hall broke into his house through a window. Hall pointed a pellet gun, which he’d
found on the premises, at the boy. Braydon, however, knew that it wasn’t loaded. Still,
he went into his closet as instructed by the burglar. Hall then tried to take Braydon’s
phone from a table, presumably to prevent him from calling the police. As he was doing so,
Braydon grabbed his machete and charged Hall. Braydon had been using the machete as a tool
to cut down trees but it would prove to be an effective weapon in the defense of his home.
Braydon struck Hall in the head with it. The burglar then kicked the boy in the stomach.
Braydon got up and swung the machete again but missed and was kicked in the side of the head.
The intruder then tried to grab some electronics from the home but realized he was bleeding
severely from his head wound. He fled the scene and would later turn up in a hospital,
where the authorities matched his description to that given by Braydon.
Number 3 Mike Tyson’s Tiger Attacks Trespasser For over a decade, from the late 1990s
and up until the late 2000s, heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson owned several
tigers which he kept on his property. He’d ordered the cubs from a man he’d met while incarcerated.
When he was released, Tyson started raising the felines. At one point there was a rumor that the
boxer had to get rid of one of his deadly pets after it had jumped his fence and attacked one
of his neighbors. Tyson, who hadn’t commented on the incident before, clarified the issue in recent
years. According to him, the victim was a woman who’d actually jumped his fence, presumably with
the intention of burglarizing his home. The tiger, a female named Kenya, attacked the intruder and
nearly ripped her arm off. The woman later tried to sue Tyson, but the case was reportedly dropped
after it emerged that she’d been trespassing. Nevertheless, after seeing how extensively
Kenya had mauled the woman’s limb, Tyson gave her $250,000. According to the boxer, it was
this incident that made him realize that tigers couldn’t be domesticated. He eventually released
the beasts into the care of a wildlife sanctuary. Number 2 Jeremiah Disney
In March of 2019, homeowner George Hollingsworth, from Marion, Indiana, went into his garage
to find a burglar crushed by his safe. He’d initially called the Marion Police Department
upon noticing that the door frame had been damaged. Hollingsworth entered the garage to find
which of his possessions had been stolen. As he made his way through the clutter, the man
found the lifeless body of a burglar underneath his 900-pound antique floor safe. According to
investigators, the suspect had used a floor jack to lift the safe, at which point it tilted over
and crushed him beneath its weight. The burglar was later identified as 28-year-old Jeremiah
Disney. Shaken up by the incident, Hollingsworth later told Fox News “I would have rather seen him
steal stuff and get out than die like that” Number 1 Thomas Buckett
In May of 2010, Thomas Buckett and several of his friends broke into the tuck shop of their
school in Stoke, England. After ransacking the shop for snacks and beverages, the group went
up to the roof. It was there that Buckett’s friends reportedly dared him to jump on the
skylight. The teen did so believing that it would support his weight. Much to everyone’s horror,
the skylight collapsed and the teenager fell through the roof, sustaining brutal head injuries.
Buckett subsequently had to undergo a pioneering head operation, just so he could walk and talk
again. A few years later, Buckett’s family tried to sue their local council, arguing that the
building should’ve been better protected against such incidents. A judge found that their case
had no merit, since Buckett and his friends had burglarized the school, and the family faced close
to a quarter of a million dollars in legal fees. Thanks for watching! What would you do if you
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