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Racine police believe a woman tried to rob a home and brought her three children along.According to a criminal complaint, Tanya Fawcett, 35, faces 10 charges related to a Monday night burglary in Racine.VIDEO: Police: Woman breaks into wrong home with kidsOfficers said a homeowner on Washington Avenue called 911 when he returned to his home and found a woman and three children, ages 11, 7 and 4, inside his house."I came home about 8:45 p.m., 8:50 p.m., came up the stairs. I noticed my back door was open. I heard voices in the front of the apartment in the living room," the homeowner said. According to the complaint, the man ordered Fawcett and her children to leave. "She was trying to get me to not call police. I told her it was a little too late for that, and I called the police, right in front of her, right there," the homeowner said.With police on the way, the family tried to escape down an embankment across the street, which is where the mother was arrested."I didn't know what to think. I wasn't sure on how to react," said the burglary victim who didn't want to be identified. The man told officers that his television had been moved to the door, a duffel bag containing his movies, Xbox gaming system and video games was near the door and his desktop computer had been unplugged as though it was going to be moved.An officer said Fawcett appeared intoxicated, confused and had cuts on her arms and legs.Police spoke to Fawcett's 11-year-old daughter, who said her mother had an argument with a woman named Kathy and wanted to "take Kathy's things." The child told Fawcett repeatedly that they were not in Kathy's house, but Fawcett continued to take items and move them toward the door.The child told officers that her mother broke a window and crawled through it, cutting her leg. She said that she helped her siblings through the window so they wouldn't get hurt.Fawcett made her initial appearance in court Tuesday and was ordered held on $1,000 bond.WISN 12 News made multiple attempts to contact the Racine County District Attorney's Office about who is taking care of the children, but the calls were not returned. View our Mugshot Hall of Shame