Reported By www.local8now.com on 2014-03-06
“A man accused of trying to rob an elderly Seymour woman, only to have the victim’s son hold a gun to his head, has been charged. Kenny Guffey said he was driving home from work around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday when he called is 83-year-old mother, Christine Guffey. ‘We were talking probably ten minutes and then all of the sudden her voice panicked and she said, ‘What are you doing in my house, oh no, he’s got a knife. What are you doing with the knife?” said Guffey. Luckily, Guffey was only two minutes away from her Balsam Road home. When he got there, he went inside with his gun drawn…. Guffey said the intruder used the shovel to knock his gun out of his hand. He said he then tackled the man and got his gun back while his mother called 911….”