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State senator recalls scary moment he saw intruder in his home


Sen. Gordon Rogers (R-21) shares video of a suspected home intruder. He says a man entered his house through the back door on Thursday night. (Photo courtesy of Sen. Gordon Rogers)
Sen. Gordon Rogers (R-21) shares video of a suspected home intruder. He says a man entered his house through the back door on Thursday night. (Photo courtesy of Sen. Gordon Rogers)
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Sen. Gordon Rogers (R-21) recalled the moment he noticed an intruder in his Foster home on Thursday night.

Rogers said he was the only one home at the time and had just been in the bathroom.

"Your heart is pounding, you don't know what to do," he told NBC 10 News.

Rogers said he caught a suspect on camera going into his house through the back door.

"It was clearly dark, it was just clearly the TV on and the light on in the kitchen, and I didn't see anything 'til I got about here and he was standing right there," he said.

Rogers said after questioning the man, who appeared to be impaired, instinct took over.

"He grabbed me by the shirt and I grabbed him and I hit him twice and he landed right there," he said.

Rogers says he called police who responded to the scene, and EMS took the suspect to a local hospital.

Rogers said he's pressing charges.

"An afterthought why was he in the house - I don't know," he said.

Meanwhile, he says he's proposed multiple bills that would strengthen using force to defend oneself inside their home.

"The state of Rhode Island has very weak castle laws that defend a situation like this - now, what if it was my wife and she had to use lethal force?" he said.

Rogers said his story might be one he shares as those new bills are introduced this year.

NBC 10 also reached out to Foster police ahead of this report.


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