Homeowner trained in jiu-jitsu bloodies suspected burglar
02/24/2017 3:48 pm PST
via KFOR
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- (KFOR) -- Brian Burch is a burglar's worst nightmare – the Florida homeowner is not just a large, powerful man, but he also happens to be skilled in the martial art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Josue Ortiz chose the wrong house to break into Tuesday, Lee County deputies told WBBH. Ortiz allegedly saw the door to Burch's garage left open and slipped in, lifting multiple tools and loading them into his vehicle.
Burch said he went outside after hearing a noise and confronted Ortiz, who he said was holding his jackhammer and airgun cases. “He told me that the boss sent him over here to pick up tools to finish a job,” Burch recalled Ortiz saying.
When Burch started questioning his explanation, Ortiz tried to take off running, but failed to slip out of the jiu-jitsu student's grasp.
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