TekDragon
2003-10-05, 03:24 AM
Linkage (http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/1/080568-5201-092.html)
Sorry about the double news post in the same night, but this one is just too good to pass up:
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Fed up with a stranger she thought had been spying on her for months, Hannah Arbuckle didn't hesitate when she saw him outside her Kessler Boulevard home.
She chased him, police say, and jumped into the bed of his pickup as he sped away.
Before the chase was over, Arbuckle would end up with bruises and a twisted knee, but she led police Wednesday evening to a convicted rapist who may be behind a series of peeping incidents.
"I was stupid to do it," she said, "but I was afraid he would get away, and I would not be able to identify him to police."
While she hung on in the truck, driver Robert Joseph Braun turned down Central Avenue. Arbuckle, 28, used her cell phone to call 911, feeding the operator addresses as the truck kept going.
Then Braun pulled over, police say, and began hitting Arbuckle, trying to get her out of the truck.
That's when police showed up and arrested Braun. Two searches of his Speedway home uncovered videotapes and pictures, at least some of them of Arbuckle, said IPD community liaison Ben Hunter.
Braun, 57, faces 12 preliminary charges of felony voyeurism, as well as stalking and felony battery of an officer during the arrest. Court records show Braun was convicted of rape in 1982 and served 18 years in prison.
Arbuckle, who says she did not know Braun, said police suspect she was targeted after he saw her gardening in front of the house. Police believe the incidents may go back as far as April.
"I would wake up to him looking in my windows or when I would get out of the shower," she said. "It happened quite a lot."
Police had mixed feelings about Arbuckle's actions.
"We discourage behavior like that," said Detective Steve Fippen of the Indianapolis Police Department. "What the victim did was courageous, but the man could have been armed and dangerous, and she could have been seriously hurt."
Braun was released on bail Friday morning, but Arbuckle is confident she'll be safe.
"Wednesday night was the first night in a long time that I slept well," she said, "because I knew he would not be outside and looking through my window."
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She chased him, police say, and jumped into the bed of his pickup as he sped away.
:eek:
Sorry about the double news post in the same night, but this one is just too good to pass up:
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Fed up with a stranger she thought had been spying on her for months, Hannah Arbuckle didn't hesitate when she saw him outside her Kessler Boulevard home.
She chased him, police say, and jumped into the bed of his pickup as he sped away.
Before the chase was over, Arbuckle would end up with bruises and a twisted knee, but she led police Wednesday evening to a convicted rapist who may be behind a series of peeping incidents.
"I was stupid to do it," she said, "but I was afraid he would get away, and I would not be able to identify him to police."
While she hung on in the truck, driver Robert Joseph Braun turned down Central Avenue. Arbuckle, 28, used her cell phone to call 911, feeding the operator addresses as the truck kept going.
Then Braun pulled over, police say, and began hitting Arbuckle, trying to get her out of the truck.
That's when police showed up and arrested Braun. Two searches of his Speedway home uncovered videotapes and pictures, at least some of them of Arbuckle, said IPD community liaison Ben Hunter.
Braun, 57, faces 12 preliminary charges of felony voyeurism, as well as stalking and felony battery of an officer during the arrest. Court records show Braun was convicted of rape in 1982 and served 18 years in prison.
Arbuckle, who says she did not know Braun, said police suspect she was targeted after he saw her gardening in front of the house. Police believe the incidents may go back as far as April.
"I would wake up to him looking in my windows or when I would get out of the shower," she said. "It happened quite a lot."
Police had mixed feelings about Arbuckle's actions.
"We discourage behavior like that," said Detective Steve Fippen of the Indianapolis Police Department. "What the victim did was courageous, but the man could have been armed and dangerous, and she could have been seriously hurt."
Braun was released on bail Friday morning, but Arbuckle is confident she'll be safe.
"Wednesday night was the first night in a long time that I slept well," she said, "because I knew he would not be outside and looking through my window."
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She chased him, police say, and jumped into the bed of his pickup as he sped away.
:eek: