Dixon resident thwarts home invasion with pepper spray | Crime

DIXON, CA - Dixon police say four masked individuals, two of them armed with "long" guns, attempted to force their way into a house on the 300 block of N. Second Street just before 4:56 a.m.

The 55-year-old resident warded them off with pepper spray and the would be-intruders fled.

The victim did not see the make of the individuals' vehicle.

The resident wasn't hurt. Police do not know the motive for the attempted home invasion.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or saw anyone or anything suspicious in the area at the time was asked to call the Dixon Police Department at (707) 678-7070 or Dixon police dispatchers at (707) 678-7080.