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WANAQUE, N.J. (AP) — Police are crediting a 6-year-old for keeping her cool when a stranger entered her house while she was home alone.
Police say the girl locked herself in a bedroom and called her mother, who called 911 Tuesday. The man ran off.
Wanaque Police Detective Capt. Thomas Norton told The Record newspaper (http://bit.ly/vuAO2H) the girl gave a great description and officers arrested a man on burglary and theft charges about 10 minutes later.
Norton says the girl was home sick from school and that her mother left the home just before 2 p.m. to get her something. Norton says the man told them he entered an unlocked basement door after he saw the mother drive away.
The child's name was not released.
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Information from: The Record, http://www.northjersey.com
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