Woman Fights Off Intruder With Walker

By KSEE News

Credit: Mark Hayward / Union Leader

Candace Neal told Manchester, N.H., police she used her walker to fend off an armed man who burst into her apartment.

October 24, 2012 Updated Oct 24, 2012 at 1:27 PM PDT

A 50-year-old New Hampshire woman who once worked as a deputy sheriff and a corrections officer hit a robber with her walker when he broke into her home on Sunday, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.

Candace Neal told the Union Leader she needs the walker to get around because she became disabled about a year ago due to back problems. About two weeks ago, she said she also had surgery for a diabetes-related infection in her right foot.

A masked intruder armed with a knife burst into Neal's home Sunday afternoon, charging at her and a friend who was visiting, she said.
"I mean, I just looked up, and here was this guy running at us," Neal told WMUR.com in New Hampshire.

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