Two men broke into a 56-year-old man's house and robbed his home Wednesday night but ran away mid-robbery when he pulled a handgun from a hiding spot in the house, police said.\nThe man told police he heard noises outside his back door, in the 800 block of West Fourth St., and headed outside to find the source, Detective Sgt. Drake said, reading from the police report. Brothers Dustin R. Bright, 23, and Russell R. Bright, 24, confronted him outside. When the man asked them why they were on his property, they attacked him, entered his house and started looting his home. \nWhen the victim pointed his 9mm handgun at one of the men, the two men bolted — one broke through the bedroom window, and the other ran out the back door, the report said. The homeowner then fired five shots after the men, apparently to scare them, Drake said.\nThe homeowner reported a laptop computer, a watch and a Walkman stolen. \nPolice officers outside the police station heard the shots and were en route to the area when they received the homeowner's call, Drake said.\nThe brothers were arrested not far from the man's home on preliminary charges of burglary, theft, possession of stolen property, battery and criminal mischief.
sh: Man flees police after breaking into cars
Early Thursday morning, Bloomington police arrested a man for allegedly breaking into cars in the Brownstone Terrace parking lot.\nA resident in the apartments called 911 to report a man breaking into cars, said Detective Sgt. David Drake, reading from a police report. When police officers arrived, they found Damion P. Bridgwaters, 22, standing next to a vehicle. Drake said Bridgwaters ran away when they approached him, but they apprehended him near the railroad overpass.\nBridgwaters had a student's IU ID in his possession, Drake said.\nHe was arrested on preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement and two counts of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, Drake said.\nThe original witness said he saw Bridgwaters get into a red Pontiac and a blue Jeep Cherokee before police arrived, according to the report.
