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Teen wrestles pizza burglar in surprise attack

April 7, 2005

WLBZ Channel 2: A high school wrestler used a basic move he learned on the mat to foil a burglary in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, April 5. The young man took down a burglar who was trying to break into his family's business.

The Dover House of Pizza had been broken into twice in the past week, but 16-year-old Chris Heretakis wasn't going to allow a third.

Heretakis left his family's restaurant around 10:30 p.m. April 5. He returned later in the evening to pick up the restaurant's money bag, which he had left behind. When he arrived, the back door was open and two burglars were inside.

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