Homeowner hogtied burglar and left him on lawn for police while he rushed off to work
A burglary suspect in Tulsa, Oklahoma, got quite the surprise on Wednesday morning. Police say Robert Cole tried to break into a home, but ended up hogtied in the front yard. Police say Cole was bum-rushed and hogtied by the homeowner, after he tried to break in to the house.
It all started when the Houstons heard the glass break outside their daughter's bedroom at around 6am. "That folding chair was in her bedroom, shattered glass all over the place, and I said, 'A raccoon didn't do that.' And he was just like, 'Oh God,'" Denay Houston said. They heard rustling inside the garage and Houston's husband went to the front door.
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"And then he waited for him to come out and then he bum-rushed him," she said. "He's like a superhero," she said of her husband. As soon as Cole was tied up, Houston said her husband turned to her and said he had to leave, had to go work. So, he called police and let his wife watch over his catch.
"That's just the type of person he is, you know? That's just the type of person he is. Business is business. 'I got to take care of business, he's safe, the police are coming, I got to go,'" Denay Houston said. Robert Cole faces one charge of first degree burglary. Police at the scene say he appeared to be on drugs. He is being held at the Tulsa County jail in lieu of $32,079 bond.
It all started when the Houstons heard the glass break outside their daughter's bedroom at around 6am. "That folding chair was in her bedroom, shattered glass all over the place, and I said, 'A raccoon didn't do that.' And he was just like, 'Oh God,'" Denay Houston said. They heard rustling inside the garage and Houston's husband went to the front door.
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"And then he waited for him to come out and then he bum-rushed him," she said. "He's like a superhero," she said of her husband. As soon as Cole was tied up, Houston said her husband turned to her and said he had to leave, had to go work. So, he called police and let his wife watch over his catch.
"That's just the type of person he is, you know? That's just the type of person he is. Business is business. 'I got to take care of business, he's safe, the police are coming, I got to go,'" Denay Houston said. Robert Cole faces one charge of first degree burglary. Police at the scene say he appeared to be on drugs. He is being held at the Tulsa County jail in lieu of $32,079 bond.
