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On the evening of May 15, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, city councilor Matthew Straight and friend Darren Bessette heard loud banging noises coming from an apartment on the third floor of a three-unit apartment building owned by Straight's sister. Bessette is a first-floor tenant; Straight lives in a nearby home.
With Bessette carrying a licensed handgun, the two went to investigate and found a burglary in progress. The apartment door had been forcibly removed and two young intruders were inside. Straight grappled with one of the youths, 18-year-old Michael Gilbert, and suffered a few minor injuries during the tussle. Gilbert eventually broke free and tied, but was apprehended by police two days later.
The other young burglar, Jonathan Duval, 17, brandished a knife in a threatening ...
Source: HighBeam Research, The apartment.(burglary cases)(Brief Article)