Homeowner locks herself upstairs as intruder enters house, Columbus OH


A woman at a house near Sherman Ave, Columbus, OH, locked herself in her upstairs bedroom after hearing someone downstairs. She saw a windowless white van leaving the area and her dog was barking.
Audio|Source: Columbus Public Safety
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Transcript:
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S-12 if you can copy, getting near Sherman Ave.
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Call her is (name withheld).
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She's whispering, believes she heard somebody in her house downstairs.
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She's a white van pulling away from her house, heading southbound, no windows on the van.
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I'm known if that van is related to the noise she was hearing.
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Her dog is with her barking.
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I believe somebody had opened her front door.
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Then,
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so she's home alone as well, chopper to 5, chopper to 5.
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Chopper Channel 5.
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2-2.
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She believes her front door is unlocked and says that the bedroom she's locked in is going to be on the second floor.
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She is home alone.
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Location mentioned:
Sherman Ave, Columbus, OH
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