Student Fights Off Intruder

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A criminal justice student stops an alleged armed burglary in his own home. Patrick Houlihan is from New London and was home on Christmas break when he says a man broke into his home. According to a report, Timothy Hill held him and his three friends hostage by gun point.
Patrick says the man entered the house through an open garage, and secured two guns from a safe. Patrick and five others friends were hanging out in the recreation room when the man allegedly broke in. "He told us he was actually downstairs in that room after he had the guns, he said he watched us for about an hour, waiting for people to leave," Houlihan said.
Patrick says two of his friends went out to get something in the car, and when they didn't return, Patrick went looking. That's when he found his two friends face down on the pavement of his driveway, with a gun pointed at them. "He assured us the whole time the guns were loaded, and I will blow your brains out right now," said Houlihan.

Patrick is a second year criminal justice student at UW-Platteville. He decided to pursue the law enforcement degree because of his involvement with the New London Police Explorers during his high school years. And he says these skills helped him during this hostage situation.
"Once I was on the ground, he had the control point of him having the gun, but the whole conversation for the most part I was controlling him, I was find out exactly what he was doing, exactly what was going on," said Houlihan said.

19 year old Timothy Hill has been charged with six felonies in connection to the crime.