

They were able to coax Savannah and Zoyee out of the bathroom. The intruder bolder, and moments later, police arrived. I wanted to let him know that I was in here, but I wasn't sure that the guy had left, so I didn't say anything," she said. The neighbor arrived first and started shouting Savannah's name. As she was doing this, the intruder ransacked a room just feet away from them, dumping items from the closet and drawers onto the bed.Īfter getting Savannah's texts, her mother called a neighbor and the police. Savannah said she wanted to call the police, but didn't want the intruder to hear her, so she kept texting her mother.

"The last bang, I knew that he was in the house," she said. A Montclair teenager recalled the terrifying moments she found herself and her little niece in the middle of a home invasion. She grabbed Zoyee and ran to her mother's bathroom. Savannah said she motioned her niece over to the living room from the kitchen and that's when the door knob started jiggling. She looked through the peephole and knew it was someone who wasn't supposed to be there. She was babysitting her 4-year-old niece Zoyee Tuesday afternoon when she heard someone knocking on the door. Savannah Jones, 14, sent her mother frantic text messages after she realized someone was breaking into her home. A Montclair teenager recalled the terrifying moments she found herself and her little niece in the middle of a home invasion. A Montclair teenager recalled the terrifying moments she found herself and her little niece in the middle of a home invasion.
