{"id":1989875,"date":"2023-08-03T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/87-year-old-woman-fights-off-armed-intruder-then-feeds-him\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T15:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T19:12:23","slug":"87-year-old-woman-fights-off-armed-intruder-then-feeds-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/87-year-old-woman-fights-off-armed-intruder-then-feeds-him\/","title":{"rendered":"87-Year-Old Woman Defeats Intruder, Offers Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F87-year-old-woman-fights-off-armed-intruder-then-feeds-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An 87-Year-Old Woman&#8217;s Brave Encounter\u200c with a Teenage Attacker<\/h2>\n<p>An 87-year-old \u2063Maine woman showed incredible courage when she\u200b fought off a teenage attacker in her own home. But what she \u200bdid next is truly remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>Marjorie Perkins woke up at 2 a.m. on July \u206426 to find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/87-year-old-woman-fights-off-armed-intruder-then-feeds-him\/\" title=\"87-Year-Old Woman Defeats Intruder, Offers Meal\">young man\u200d standing<\/a> over her bed. He had stripped down to his underwear and threatened to harm\u200b her.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of succumbing to fear, Perkins decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads\/\" title=\"Facebook bans GOP account, allows inflammatory DNC ads\">fight back<\/a>. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jovan-hutton-pulitzer-confirms-mail-in-ballots-were-received-with-votes-already-filled-in-by-machine\/\" title=\"Jovan Hutton Pulitzer Confirms Mail-In Ballots Were Received with Votes Already Filled In By Machine\">quickly put<\/a> on her shoes and grabbed \u200ca chair to defend herself. The two\u2063 struggled as Perkins tried \u2064to \u2062protect\u2063 herself in her\u2063 Brunswick home.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI thought to myself, if he\u2019s going to cut, then I\u2019m going to \u2063kick,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the scuffle, the intruder hit Perkins on the \u2063cheek and forehead before changing his approach. He told her that he was &#8220;awfully hungry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Showing incredible compassion, Perkins decided to help him. She gave him a box of peanut\u200c butter and honey crackers, two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentadecanoic-acid-the-new-essential-fatty-acid\/\" title=\"Pentadecanoic Acid: The New Essential Fatty Acid\">protein drinks<\/a>, and two tangerines.<\/p>\n<p>While the \u2063intruder ate, Perkins\u2063 dialed 911 on her rotary phone and spoke to a dispatcher.\u200d The\u2063 intruder eventually collected \u200dhis belongings and left, leaving behind a \u200dknife, shirt, shoes, and a bottle of\u200c alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Since the incident, Perkins has gained international\u200b attention for her bravery. Despite \u2064the attack, she \u2064still feels safe in\u2064 her home of 42 years. However, she worries about \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-claims-significant-decline-in-crime-in-calif\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom claims \u2018significant decline in crime\u2019 in Calif.\">increasing crime rates<\/a> in her area.<\/p>\n<h3>Has Crime Gotten Worse in Your Area?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Has crime gotten worse in your area?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>      \u2064    \u2063  Completing this poll entitles you to\u2063 The Western Journal news \u200cupdates free of charge. You may\u2063 opt out \u2062at any time.\u200c You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of\u200b Use<\/a>.<br \/>\n  \u2062\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>      Yes: 100% (1 Votes)\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>      No: 0% \u200c(0 Votes)\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Perkins believes \u200dthat crime has indeed worsened in recent years, and she feels that the law has become ineffective in deterring criminals.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPeople aren\u2019t \u200dafraid of anything \u2062anymore. They feel they can do as\u200d they please,\u201d \u200cshe said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fortunately, the police were able to quickly apprehend the\u200d teenager responsible for the attack. He has been charged with burglary, criminal threatening,\u200d assault, and \u200bunderage drinking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story \u2062and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that \u2063it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-87-year-old-woman-fights-off-armed-intruder-feeds\/\">87-Year-Old\u200c Woman Fights Off Armed Intruder, Then Feeds Him<\/a> appeared \u200cfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200d Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 87-year-old Maine woman bravely defended herself against a teenage intruder. Despite the scare, she showed kindness by feeding him as he claimed to be famished. Marjorie Perkins woke up at 2 a.m. on July 26 to find the young man standing near her bed, partially undressed, and threatening her with a knife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1989876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}