Repeat offender allegedly breaks into Denver home, heads toward kids’ rooms

A Denver household says they’ve skilled each mother or father’s worst nightmare: waking up in the course of the night time to discover a stranger strolling into their kids’s bed room.

In an interview with Fox Information Digital, Kevin and Sarah Root described the terrifying early morning encounter at their southwest Denver residence. In response to the couple, the housebreaking occurred round 3:30 am

“We heard the footsteps arising the steps to our room,” Kevin recalled. “We checked out one another and stated, ‘There’s somebody in our home.’ You understand you are not dreaming: that is actual.”

Sarah instantly grabbed her cellphone to name 911 whereas her husband went to examine the hallway.

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Sarah and Kevin Root say a repeat burglar broke by means of their entrance door in the course of the night time. (FOX 31 Denver)

“The concern of what is going on to occur when my husband opens the door is what comes again to my thoughts probably the most,” she stated. “Your emotions simply kick in and the concern of the unknown is de facto terrifying.”

Kevin stated he yelled a number of occasions for the person to go away, however the intruder continued to stroll towards the rooms the place their boys have been sleeping.

“When he stopped on the prime of the steps, I threw open the door, jumped out and pushed him down the steps as laborious as I might,” he stated.

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Kevin and Sarah Root described springing into motion when a repeat offender broke into their residence within the early morning hours. (Kevin Wortel)

Police arrived minutes later and took the suspect into custody. Sarah stated it felt like an eternity as she stayed on the cellphone with dispatchers, trying on the entrance door and making an attempt to maintain her son calm.

“I simply keep in mind repeating time and again, ‘Are you positive the police are on their means?’” she stated. “Three minutes seems like three hours. After I noticed the flashing police lights on the wall, it was a direct reduction: we have been doing effectively, we have been going to be okay. However as soon as the adrenaline wore off, the tears got here and the concern crept in.”

The person, recognized as 36-year-old Charley Cooley, is charged with second-degree theft — his second theft arrest this yr, in line with data obtained by FOX 31 Denver.

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Police responded shortly after the 911 name and took Cooley into custody.

Nobody was bodily injured, however Sarah stated the emotional restoration is sluggish.

“It has been a course of. I’ve had fairly a tough time sleeping and I nonetheless replay that second once I take a look at our bed room door,” she stated. “It seems like a loss, the lack of feeling protected in our residence.”

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Court docket data rated by FOX 31 Denver present Cooley was arrested earlier in September for an additional theft that allegedly occurred earlier this yr. The Roots stated they have been shocked to listen to he was launched inside days.

“We later found his prison background, and that introduced on a complete new layer of emotion,” Sarah stated. “It feels disturbing that one thing so invasive and violating is allowed and the individual is again on the road.”

In response to the Denver District Legal professional’s Workplace, the choose set bail at $5,000 property/surety or $500 money, and Cooley posted $500 money on Nov. 11, FOX 31 Denver reported.

“A number of violations and he was launched each occasions,” Kevin stated. “The fact is he is again and he has a historical past of doing this.”

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Sarah and Kevin Root describe their terrifying expertise after encountering a repeat burglar of their residence whereas their 4 kids slept. (Fox Information Digital)

Kevin stated he tries to give attention to gratitude as an alternative of anger.

“I hope he will get the assistance he wants,” he stated. “I do not suppose he needs to do that along with his life – possibly this can be a low level for him.”

Regardless of the trauma, Sarah stated she is grateful for a way issues turned out.

“We’re so grateful that nobody was harm, together with him,” she stated. “We hope that there’s justice and that he’s positioned someplace the place he can not harm anybody else.”

The couple stated a small mercy is that their 4 sons, who have been all sleeping upstairs, by no means noticed the intruder.

“We’ve not seen his face, even Kevin cannot think about him,” Sarah stated. “That is really a blessing. We do not have that picture that haunts us.”

Neighbors advised FOX 31 the housebreaking has shaken their sense of safety. Denver Police remind residents to lock doorways and home windows, set up out of doors lighting and report suspicious exercise instantly.

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The Denver District Legal professional’s Workplace advised Fox Information Digital it couldn’t touch upon the case.

“There has not but been a remaining determination on this case,” a spokesperson stated. “It’s the place of this workplace that we don’t launch knowledge on ongoing instances in order to not compromise the integrity of the case.”

Stepheny Value covers crime together with lacking individuals, murders and migrant crime. Ship story tricks to stepheny.worth@fox.com.