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A husband and wife arrived home Monday in the 4500 block of Wendsan Lane in Placerville to find two burglars rushing out of the front door.
The couple noticed an unfamiliar car in their driveway when they got home at 1:36 p.m., said Lt. Tim Becker of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. Two women allegedly rushed out the front door and ran in different directions.
The husband had a rifle in his car. He retrieved the rifle and stood in front of the suspects’ car. By this time, they had jumped in the car for a getaway. The husband, however, was not going to allow that to happen.
The burglars tried to leave, hitting the man on his knee and spinning him around but not injuring him. He was able to line up a shot and hit one of the rear tires of the fleeing car.
Officers began searching for a car with a flat tire and found it soon after on Green Valley Road, turning onto Ponderosa Road. The tire was smoking and the car pulled over. Officers allegedly noticed items that were said to be missing from the victims’ house were in the car. The male victim arrived and positively identified the duo.
The two suspects, identified as Ashliegh Natasha Harrison, 28, and Teresa Marie Garcia, 28. Harrison is being held on counts of first-degree burglary, possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia and two enhancements of prior felony convictions and serving jail time for felonies, with bail listed as $114,000. Garcia is being held on counts of possession of a controlled substance, burglary, receiving known property over $400, being a felon in possession of ammunition and violation of parole, with bail listed as $35,000.
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Justice InsiderNovember 02, 2012 - 5:32 am
good job Mr. homeowner. Next time aim a little higher, it will save you the inconvenience of traveling to the arrest scene.
JoeWhoNovember 02, 2012 - 7:14 am
If the suspects hit the victim with their car, why were they not charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon, or even Attempted Murder. Lock them up for a long time. I guess we should all start carrying rifles in our cars.
Horsetail HankNovember 02, 2012 - 11:09 am
Hey Butch...I mean Garcia, let's talk about this crime..man to man. You pukes deserve to go back where you belong for a LONG LONG time. Yes, the homeowner should have raised his rifle higher and turned your melon into a canoe.
DB SmithNovember 02, 2012 - 11:20 am
Good point from JoeWho regarding there should of been additional charges for using their car as a weapon. Garcia's bail seems WAY too low for these types of charges.
Jim RiordanNovember 02, 2012 - 11:39 am
Nice tat . . .Hang 'em high. Replace the dummy on mainstreet with these two dummies.
look at youNovember 02, 2012 - 11:44 am
It just so happens that the victim himself was not too long ago out on bail for just the same thing. Receiving stolen property (firearms). Retired CHP officer Michael Rupley looks like turnabout is fair play. http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/retired-chp-officer-arrested-suspected-of-receiving-stolen-goods/ I am guessing he has not been convicted because if he was he would have been arrested for a felon in possession of a firearm.
DB DraneNovember 02, 2012 - 8:36 pm
What's with calling them "girl bandits"? They're both 28 with bad records. If they were male they wouldn't be "boys" or "bandits." They'd be burglars
cookie65November 03, 2012 - 5:15 am
A couple of card carrying members of occupy wall street. Can they get some absentee ballots at the county jail? We wouldn't want their vote for obama to get disinfranchised. Did they have a co-exist sticker on their car?
LocalNovember 03, 2012 - 8:11 pm
20 bucks says these 'ladies' drive a subaru.
ASHLEIGH HARRISONNovember 08, 2012 - 9:15 pm
yes we did wrong and drugs makes people do stupid **** no excuse but we will do our time but those who think we should be killed over this can kiss my butt not cool to say. we need help and will do our punishment and have owned up to it all and hope someday the people we hurt can forgive us again im sorry .......