Barking dogs alert mom to stranger in her 10-year-old’s bed, Oregon family says
A woman’s dogs alerted her to an intruder in her 10-year-old son’s bed in Oregon, multiple news outlets reported.
Kelsey Smith was on her back deck on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in Portland when she heard her dogs begin to bark, KOIN reported.
But Smith didn’t think anything of it at first because she didn’t hear her doorbell ring, the outlet reported.
When the dogs continued to bark, she went into the home and saw a figure on her 10-year-old’s bed, KATU reported.
“I got closer, and I realized it was a homeless person, and so I immediately backed out of the room and sort of hollering at my friend on the phone that I needed help,” Smith told the outlet.
The woman in her son’s room jumped out of the bed and then threw an ottoman at Smith before running out of the home, all of which was caught on a Ring camera, KGW reported.
Police arrested the woman on burglary and harassment charges but the prosecutor’s office did not charge her, the outlet reported.
“The safety of this whole household just feels like it’s been upended,” Smith told KATU.
Portland Police Bureau did not immediately respond to McClatchy News’ request for more information on Thursday, Sept. 15.
This story was originally published September 15, 2022 at 1:12 PM with the headline "Barking dogs alert mom to stranger in her 10-year-old’s bed, Oregon family says."
