Home Security:
PUSH-IN
Home Defense

Push-In: An attacker bursts in (or brandishes a weapon) when you ignore home security and answer the doorbell by opening the door without knowing who's there. Or if you do use a peephole and intercom for home security, he’ll use a scam to entice you to open the door – then push in. Increasingly popular with predators, a push-in provides extra benefits only when the occupants are at home: their wallets and car keys, the locations and entry codes for hidden safes, and the option of raping the victims.

Winnie Fang heard a knock and, in one of the safest neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area, opened her front door without first checking who was there. Two gunmen burst in spraying bullets. She was shot in the chest, but survived. Her husband was fatally shot.

Sharron Blais heard a knock on the front door of her Daytona Beach home and opened it without first checking who was there. Two gunmen burst in, knocking her to the floor and screaming they were going to kill her. Suddenly, every illusion she'd ever held about her safety was shattered.

Ulysses Towe heard his doorbell ring at his Atlanta-area home and opened the front door without first checking who was there. Two teens armed with a shotgun and a large knife forced their way in and ransacked the home while screaming threats. His wife clasped her hands together and told the gunman she was praying. He said: "I'm your God now. Pray to me."

In the mid-1980’s, a gang invaded Chicago-area homes to rob, torture, and force family members to have sex with each other. They put a fake florist sign on a van and parked it in front of a house. Two men with large bouquets of flowers would ring the doorbell. The homeowner, seeing flowers and a florist delivery van, ignored home security and opened the door.

A series of home invasions in Houston each begin with a knock on the door. When the homeowner opens the front door without first checking who was there, two gunmen storm inside. In some cases, the homeowners asked who it was, and it was just a mumble, so they opened the door to hear them better.

Mr. Paul heard a knock at his Dallas home. When he didn't see anyone in the peephole, he opened the door. A male pushed his way in and stabbed him.

Home invasion victims are routinely tortured to reveal the whereabouts of valuables. Convict Stephen Harding boasted that once he’s got your wife and kids, when you hear your kid screaming 'Daddy, Daddy,' you’re at his mercy.

In a sleepy Ontario town, a man pounded frantically on the door of a home, yelling out that he needed directions to a hospital for his injured son lying in his car. A woman, cleverly duped into ignoring home security, opened her door to help him. He pushed-in, raped, and murdered her.

It’s chilling how clever predators know how to manipulate their prey. Would you have breached your home security by opening your door – or instead called 911 for an ambulance or a police escort?

Donald Ursem was always careful when he answered his Las Vegas door. The one time he didn't check he was fatally shot the head.

Diane Alexander said that serial killer Derrick Todd Lee came to her Baton Rouge home and said he was lost. When he learned that her husband wasn’t home, he forced his way inside and began to attack her. But her son came home and caused Lee to flee.

HOME SECURITY - PREVENTING PUSH-INS

Two gunmen forced their way into a man’s Chicago apartment after he opened his door without first checking who was there. He could think of only one way to make it out alive – he dove headfirst through the window of his first-floor apartment and ran for his life.

If you are pushed-in, do not remain inside with him (even if other family members are home). Flee to the outside for help. That forces him to flee as well because he’ll know that you’ll be calling for help, which may arrive very soon (yell out that you’re getting your “neighbor the cop”).

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Safeguard your home security even if you live in Sleepy Valley - predators often hunt where the prey least expect them.

Make sure all your family members use these home security strategies. The most cautious prey will likely be spared.

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