A homeowner spooked off a wannabe car burglar with his gun during a home invasion in Queens early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Moshe Borukh, 35, heard commotion around the window of his Jamaica Estates home around 2:40 a.m., after getting a drink of water, and discovered a thief was inside while his wife and three young kids were asleep, he recalled to The Post.<\/p>\n
The bungling thief was spotted on home security cameras rummaging through the kitchen. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n
The bungling thief had been spotted on home security cameras rummaging through the kitchen with a phone flashlight, searching for the key fob to Borukh\u2019s Bentley, while two other burglars waited outside, according to footage obtained by The Post. <\/p>\n
Borukh, who took his gun with him to check out the noise, \u201clocked eyes\u201d with the burglar and drew his Sig Sauer P365.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always take the gun with me, because who knows. Then I hear actual window breaking, the glass breaking. Something\u2019s going on. I come downstairs, point the gun at him, and I\u2019m like, \u2018I have a gun. Don\u2019t move\u2019,\u201d he said of the harrowing moment.<\/p>\n
After seeing Borukh, the invader quickly scurried out the window and abandoned the botched burglary. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was probably one of the scariest moments of my life. You know, I was prepared for it, just because I have a family. I have to protect my castle, and so by any means necessary,\u201d Borukh said.<\/p>\n
The homeowner, Moshe Borukh, rushed to the commotion and pointed his gun. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I did what I had to do. I pointed the gun at him, and I was prepared to shoot him,\u201d he added, noting he has a license to conceal carry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was the Old Testament right next to where the guy came in from, on the table. So I don\u2019t know if that Bible was protecting him or protecting me. Either way, it worked out for the best,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
After calling the police, deputies were dispatched to another car burglary roughly six blocks away, according to Borukh. <\/p>\n
Officers told the brave homeowner that two other vehicles in the area had been stolen that night and that the robbers responsible for breaking into his home likely had a \u201cquota\u201d for the number of cars they had to steal.<\/p>\n
After seeing Borukh, the invader quickly scurried out the window and ran off. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n
Borukh knew the robbers were trying to swipe his Bentley from security footage, which showed them fumbling around with his car outside. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey were under my car trying to do something, and they couldn\u2019t open it. They were messing around with something, trying to open and they couldn\u2019t,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He believes the increase in robberies in the tree-lined Queens area is due to its proximity to highways, which allow car thieves to quickly speed away out of sight. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no consequences, even if, when they are caught, there\u2019s still no consequences \u2014 catch and release. And it\u2019s, you know, it\u2019s very minor in prison, time, even no prison at all,\u201d Borukh said.<\/p>\n
Borukh said his wife is still a little \u201canxious\u201d and \u201cnervous,\u201d and that though his youngest, at just 4 years old, was spared the details, his other kids \u201cknow exactly what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three robbers who orchestrated the ordeal were trying to swipe his Bentley and were seen on security footage fumbling with it outside. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n
He also encouraged other homeowners to be aware of their right to own a gun.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just trying to raise awareness for the community, because they have rights they don\u2019t realize they have,\u201d Borukh maintained. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd having a gun is the most you know, it\u2019s the most important thing, in my opinion, right now, the government\u2019s not gonna help us, the mayor\u2019s not gonna help us. Governor\u2019s not gonna help us,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut the laws are still in place to help us. Just people need to know what those laws are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homeowner spooked off a wannabe car burglar with his gun during a home invasion in Queens early…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":533813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,49765,37394,42423,8337,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,4413,8156,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-533812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-burglaries","10":"tag-carjackings","11":"tag-guns","12":"tag-home-invasion","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-queens","21":"tag-theft","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-us-news","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115936985474449849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}