Miss. Baby Sitter Chases Robber with Broom

BYRAM, Miss. (CBS/AP) With the tiny dog he'd just kicked across the room yapping and snapping at him, a burglar grabbed a broom. A baby sitter grabbed it from him, then chased the man out of the house.

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Cindy Davis tells The Clarion-Ledger she had just arrived at work Wednesday when her employer called to say someone was in the back yard. Davis says the man kicked in a door and lunged for her purse - but Cinnamon, the family's terrier mix - dressed in a houndstooth sweater - disagreed.

"Cinnamon attacked him, and he kicked her from the back door over the coffee table," Davis told the paper.

She says the man - identified by police as 39-year-old Cedric Romone Williams - also tried to run her down in his truck.

Deputies captured the suspect without incident after Davis gave deputies a description. Hinds County, Miss., authorities have charged Williams with burglary of an occupied dwelling and aggravated assault.

The paper reports that Cinnamon wasn't harmed by the robber's kick.