Fed-Up Families Turn To Barbed Wire, Shotguns To Police Neighborhood
Homeowners: 'Someone Is Going To Get Hurt'
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SANFORD, Fla. -- Families in a crime-ridden Central Florida neighborhood are
arming themselves with shotguns and talking about adding electric barbed wire to
stop thieves targeting their homes."Somebody is going to end up getting hurt,"
resident Andrea Fine said. "The homeowners are tense. We are all on edge. For
the first time in my life I'm really scared to live in my home."Homeowners
living near and on Sanford Avenue in Sanford said crime is so bad that some of
them have been robbed three times.

"My next thing is to put electric and probably some barbed wire or something,"
Doughty said. "I'm shooting the next person who comes in. Don't come on my
property anymore."Doughty said she is moving because of the crime."My kids call
every day to make sure we are safe," Doughty said. "They want us to move and we
are going to move because we can't put up with the crime."Families said they
want more police patrolling. But plans to add 10 more Sanford police officers
could be in jeopardy because of budget cuts, Local 6's Erik von Ancken
reported.The city's police chief said he is working on a solution.

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