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IndyStar: Blind homeowner captures intruder
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By Vic Ryckaert
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A blind homeowner used the wrestling skills he learned more than 30 years ago to overpower an intruder and hold the man at knifepoint until police arrived this morning.
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Kieta, 49, who is legally blind, said he was the Kentucky high school wrestling champ for the 145-pound division in 1976. He used his skills and other self-defense tactics learned from his father to subdue the intruder.
"I had him pinned in the laundry room and just kept pummeling," Kieta said, describing the pounding he gave the 25-year-old arrested by police.
Kieta punched, kicked and grappled until the suspect became disoriented. Kieta said he grabbed him by the belt and dragged him into the kitchen. Kieta then found a kitchen knife and held it at the man?s throat.
Kieta fumbled to dial 911 with his other hand.
"Being visually impaired, I couldn't get the buttons because I was using my left hand," he said. "It took me about 20 tries." []
Police arrived minutes after dispatchers received the call at 9:47 a.m.
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Kieta said he suffered swollen hands and a sore back, but no serious injuries.
"When my wife was cleaning the blood off, she said 'I think it's all his,'." Kieta said.
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