A Lynn, Massachusetts homeowner held off a pair of armed burglars using a machete on Monday night.
Evan Luongo said he goes to bed early and was trying to sleep just before 8 p.m. Monday when he heard breaking glass. He got up to find a door in his home closed with a light on.
Knowing someone was inside, he grabbed his machete and prepared to open the door.
"I can be fairly intimidating looking, I guess... waving a machete," Luongo said. "He pulled a knife on me as I reached the door, but he was shaking so much that he didn't have a real good grip on it. The other one pulled out his little pellet gun. Then I just screamed at them to drop their weapons and kick their weapons at me."
He managed to hold the suspects and call Lynn police. They arrived to arrest 19-year-old Adelson Fedna and a 16-year-old juvenile.
Police said they were trying to steal cell phones.
Fedna was arraigned and is being held without bail. Court information on the juvenile suspect was not available.
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Luongo said he's glad the incident ended the way it did, but he's concerned that his house may have been targeted. He said right now police have not given him a clear reason why the suspects chose his home.
