The night two burglars broke into 91-year-old Dolores’ home, they expected an easy target. What they got was a lesson they’d never forget.
After her husband Vernon’s death, Dolores had become increasingly suspicious of her neighbor Bob. When she caught him and another man scouting her backyard, she knew she had to act. Installing security cameras was just the beginning.
Her moment came at midnight when the intruders returned. With police already on the way, Dolores set a trap worthy of her late husband’s antique shop.
“Oh Vernon,” she lamented loudly near an open window, “those priceless antiques in the garage—your grandfather’s gold watch, the silver flute—they’re all still there waiting for you!”
Like moths to a flame, the burglars took the bait. Dolores watched on her cameras as they headed straight for the garage. That’s when this nimble nonagenarian sprang into action, locking them inside and spraying gas to keep them disoriented until police arrived.
The look on Officer Robinson’s face when Dolores identified one burglar as her neighbor Bob was priceless. “Ma’am, you’re amazing,” he told her. “Most people half your age would have frozen in fear.”
Now running the renamed “Dolores and Vernon’s Treasure House” with her daughter-in-law, Dolores proves that courage and quick thinking have no age limit.
