9yo's Bravery Saves Family from Home Invasion Attack | Crime Alert 04.25.25
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 25 April 2025
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A 9-year-old girl gives police dispatcher critical information to help save her family, who is downstairs with a man that broke into their house. Florida man trades pink wig and thong for an orange jump suit!
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert, I'm Aeney Grace. Breaking Crime News now. Orange County, California cops commend a nine-year-old girl's quick thinking. |
| 0:07.9 | As a would-be burglar tries to break into the home, the girl upstairs calmly calls 911. |
| 0:13.6 | Listen. |
| 0:14.9 | 911 emergency, police or paramedic. |
| 0:17.5 | There's family. |
| 0:18.4 | What address are you at? |
| 0:21.6 | Oh, sorry. We have someone between my house. What address are you at? Oh, sorry. My family is home. |
| 0:23.6 | How are they trying to get in? |
| 0:25.6 | The book of the new lady. |
| 0:28.6 | How old are you? |
| 0:29.6 | My, mom and dad is downstairs. |
| 0:32.6 | Okay, so your house is a two-story. |
| 0:34.6 | So your family is downstairs and you're upstairs? Yes. |
| 0:38.3 | Please help me. |
| 0:39.3 | Okay, baby. I'm going to hang up with you. Your sister is talking to my partner. We have officers arriving on scene, okay? |
| 0:46.3 | Okay. Okay, honey. All right. Good job, okay. |
| 0:51.3 | All right. Bye. |
| 0:53.3 | Okay. Police say the girl sees someone trying to get in through a downstairs window, then |
| 0:58.0 | gives the dispatcher crucial information, including the suspect's approximate age and that |
| 1:03.1 | other family members are in the home. |
| 1:05.2 | The girl's father in the kitchen confronts Jorge Mendoza Diaz, 34, who tries to run, jumping a fence in a neighboring |
| 1:13.0 | yard. Three minutes later, he's cuffed, facing burglary and trespass. The disturbance that |
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