Between 9:am and 9:20am this morning (9/24/07) a man tried to break into my house. I live in the 6400 part of Jackson Street and love my street, neighbors and home. At 9:am, ( I know because my son was late for school) I pulled out of my driveway to scoot my son down to Dilworth where he is a student. On are way (on Jackson St. near Heberton) I saw a man that gave me a funny feeling. I did not like the way he was looking over his shoulder at two women who had just passed with a stroller going in the opposite direction. He just looked out of place and shifty. To myself I thought ... keep an eye open for him on my way home. At about 9:15-9:20 I pulled back into my drive way. I saw something out of place in my open garage and walked to the back of my house to find my ladder (stupidly kept in my garage) leaning against my house under an open second floor bedroom window. I ran down my drive way and called to two men working on the outside of a neighbors house to please call 911. I did not know at that point if anyone was inside my house. As I reached the two workmen with the phone I turned to see the same shifty gave me a funny feeling guy from 9:am suddenly on the sidewalk between my house and my neighbors. We verbally confronted him while on the phone with 911 and he kept walking until he reached a white chevy SUV. He got in his car and backed up fast so we could not get his plate number, and then pulled a quick U-turn and drove off down Jackson St. toward Heberton. We were to far to see which way (if any) he turned. I must say police response time was pretty good and by the time police arrived a man in a wht. van had been stopped. (but wrong kind of car and wrong guy - poor fellow!) BUT !!! THEY CAUGHT HIM !!! It is now 1:10 pm and I have just come home from I.D. ing the man we confronted on Jackson Street. Seems he was caught trying to break into a house in Garfield. He had not even bothered to change his clothes. Also, turns out he had a gun in his car. This is a lot for me to process emotionally in a such a short span of time. But I now promise to secure my home, have a cell phone in my pocket when I leave, learn how to use its camera, and always trust my gut. I care very much about this community. I feel so lucky today in so many ways. Amy Hume