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Homeowner holds would-be burglar at gunpoint Barb Hayley, 52, held a would-be burglar at gunpoint until Omaha police arrived early Tuesday. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT . AND BARB HALEY HELD THE INTRUDER AT áGUN-POINT..UNTIL POLICE GOT THERE. GOOD EVENING I'M MELISSA FRY AND I'M ADRIAN WHITSETT HALEY TELLS US HER áDOG FOUND THE MAN ..JODY KUDLACZ HIDING IN A CLOSET EARLY THIS MORNING. AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO LET HIM GO ANYWHERE. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KRISTYNA ENGDAHL IS LIVE..NEAR 70TH AND FARNAM. THIS IS BARB HALEY'S HOME -- AND SHE'LL TELL YOU, NOT MUCH SCARES HER. NOT EVEN BEING BY HERSELF, WITH HER HUSBAND TRAVELING FOR WORK. BUT EARLY THIS MORNING..WHEN SHE HEARD A CRASH COME FROM áTHIS ROOM..HER HOME-OFFICE.. SHE SAYS SHE WENT AND GOT HER HUSBAND'S GUN IN THE NIGHT- STAND ..AND WAS READY TO SHOOT. WITH HER DOG "DOZER" AT HER FEET..HALEY SAYS ALL SHE COULD SEE WERE A MAN'S HANDS STICKING OUT OF áTHIS CLOSET -- VISIBLY SHAKING.(Barb Haley: I said, who are you. He said, Jody, whatever his last name was..I said, I don't know you, quit talking to me. I said, I will shoot you and I there too.) áTHIS MAN, 24-YEAR-OLD JODY KUDLACZ -- CHARGED WITH BURGLARY. HALEY SAYS..SHE NEVER ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE HIS FACE..BUT SAYS HE DID YELL HIS COMING UP AT SIX -- WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE KIND-OF CONVERSATION SHE HAD WITH HER INTRUDER, WHILE WAITING FOR THE COPS.. AND A LOT MORE OF BARB HALEY'S STORY -- BACK TO YOU.