An adorable little Daschund was critical in alarming a woman that thieves were stealing her property in St. Petersburg, Florida. She also credits Jesus and her shotgun. In that order.
Maryanne Benedict took protecting her safety and home into her own hands today. Thieves hopped her fence in broad daylight at the home on 33rd Avenue North Friday afternoon. She explains only to 10 News how she foiled the crime.
It’s the barking from Daisy the dachshund that first alerted Benedict to the danger in her backyard.
“All of a sudden I hear this barking like I’ve never heard before, and a loud bang. My instincts kicked in. I ran straight to the shotgun,” says Benedict.
Benedict believes the bang she heard was the thieves knocking over propane tanks in her yard. She readied herself for a bang of another kind.
“I grab the shotgun. I grab the bullet. I’m running through the house loading it up and stood at the back door and cocked the gun,” says Benedict.
She told the intruders, “You have until the count of three to get out of my yard, or I’m pumping a hole in you. 1, 2, 3, by the time I got to 3 he was over the fence.”
From her spot on the porch, Benedict saw only a pair of shoes dive over the fence. “I was very much shaken up. I lock down the house, and very quick call 911,” Benedict says.
The thieves got away with four propane tanks, but they stole more than that from the skin cancer survivor. She’s now worried about the safety of her neighborhood.
There ya go, Jesus approves of shotguns. CONFIRMED.