Pleasanton homeowner jumps out of shower, thwarts brazen burglary attempt Hidden camera captures pair breaking down front door

This man was filmed by a surveillance video before his accomplice kicked in the front door of a Pleasanton home in an apparent burglary attempt. This man was filmed by a surveillance video before his accomplice kicked in the front door of a Pleasanton home in an apparent burglary attempt. Photo: Darren And Andrea Leggett/Special To SFGATE Photo: Darren And Andrea Leggett/Special To SFGATE Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Pleasanton homeowner jumps out of shower, thwarts brazen burglary attempt 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A masked man kicked in the front door of a Pleasanton home in a brazen home-invasion burglary attempt caught on surveillance video.

The break-in occurred about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning on Burgundy Drive. The video shows a man knocking on the door and waiting. When no one answers, the man's masked accomplice begins kicking the door and even hurling his body at it before it eventually caves in.

The homeowner, Andrea Leggett, was in the shower at the time and hadn't heard the knocking, but she did hear her two dogs "going crazy." Initially, she thought the banging was just her 9-year-old son, whose school had a late start that day, roughhousing with the family's Jack Russell-mix terriers.

"At first, I was just annoyed but then quickly turned to being scared because it got so loud," Leggett said.

"My son ran up the stairs right before they broke in the door, and I wrapped myself in a towel. He was looking at me, and goes, 'Mom, I don't know what's going on.'"

She ran down the stairs just as the door was crashing open.

"I was yelling at the top of my lungs, and I think that scared them. And thankfully I was yelling my husband's name, and I think because of that they ran, because I scared the crap out of them."

Leggett's husband, Darren, had been dropping off their older son at high school.

The would-be thieves raced off the property, got in a car and sped off.

"I ran out in a towel because I was trying to get a look at what was going on," Leggett said.

Shaken by the incident, Leggett called her husband and then 911. They then remembered the video camera and shared the footage with the responding officers.

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Leggett said the police are investigating the incident and have a few leads. She thinks her home wasn't specifically targeted, because the would-be burglars were spotted earlier that morning casing the neighborhood.

Darren Leggett posted the video on a neighborhood website to warn other homeowners in the area.

Andrea Leggett said she thinks her son initially did not notice the knocking on the door or their dogs' barking because he was wearing headphones at the time.

Mike Moffitt is an SFGATE Digital Reporter. Email: moffitt@sfgate.com. Twitter: @Mike_at_SFGate.