By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-30 03:20:56 | Updated at 2024-10-30 05:35:40
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It’s enough to make you homesick.
The moment a 14-year-old Indiana boy confronted an intruder who made himself at home while the teen’s family was away — making pizza bites, napping, feeding his dog and defecating in a decorative container — was captured in alarming doorbell camera footage.
Teen Max Calhoun can be seen on Oct. 20 Ring camera footage entering the Muncie home after being dropped off by his friend’s father, Justin Oliver, vice principal of Muncie Central High School, according to Fox 59.
The boy quickly turns tail and sprints when a dog begins barking at him — hopping the hedges flanking the sidewalk and bolting to get help from Oliver.
The footage then shows the Marine veteran running up to the door with a handgun drawn and entering.
“Hey!,” he is heard saying forcefully as he enters. “You’re gonna get shot!.”
The man inside the home was identified by cops as Kenneth Gregory Quilaton, who told Oliver not to shoot him, “I’m not dangerous,” according to the outlet.
“I said, ‘Well, you’re robbing my friend’s house so don’t tell me you’re not dangerous,’” the hero recalled telling the 33-year-old intruder.
Quilaton had fallen through the attic, took a shower, ate pizza rolls and fed his dog while camping out in the empty home, Max’s mom, Ashley Calhoun, told Storyful.
He had also defecated in a decorative container “despite having multiple toilets,” the perplexed homeowner revealed.
The alleged intruder had “apparently cased” the house for a few days to make sure that the family was indeed on vacation after he met her husband, Rob, to discuss an item he had for sale, Calhoun said.
$100 to let him go, according
to court documents. Muncie Police Department
“He says, ‘I can’t even believe this. I met this guy just in passing. We talked about an item I had that he was really interested in. I told him, I don’t really have time to look for it, it’s up in our attic. I’m leaving for two weeks on Wednesday,’” Calhoun told Storyful.
Once inside, Quilaton allegedly searched for the item in the attic “and fell through the attic into my garage, leaving a giant hole in the ceiling and a mess,” she said.
“So right there’s a huge lesson for everyone listening. Just don’t tell anyone you’re going out of town,” Calhoun implored.
When Quilaton was arrested, he offered officers $100 to let him go — which earned him a bribery charge in addition to his burglary and criminal mischief charges, according to court documents reviewed by Fox59.
