A skilled blended martial arts fighter beat an intruder black-and-blue for coming into his sister’s Florida house — because the suspect claimed he mistakenly walked into the residence after an evening of consuming.
Henny Rojas was sleeping at his relative’s house in Wilton Manors — simply north of Fort Lauderdale — on Saturday morning when his teenage nephew frantically woke him as much as inform him that there was an intruder in the lounge, CBS12 reported.
The skilled fighter jumped into motion to defend his beloved one and the house.
“I’m ready. It’s not my first time; I don’t really feel ache. Nothing,” Rojas advised the outlet. “I don’t have weapons; I wasn’t on the lookout for a knife — simply God and my arms, that’s it.”
Rojas, who has been working towards MMA for roughly three years, confronted the intruder head-on, using his skilled combating abilities to interact the intruder, recognized as Austin Carasani.
The fighter subdued Carasani till police arrived on the scene to arrest him.
Rojas’ sister, Patrizia, and his brother-in-law have been away in Miami after they recalled receiving the terrifying cellphone name from their son, who advised them {that a} stranger was within the house.
“He was screaming, ‘Mother, name police, somebody has damaged into the home,’” Patrizia Rojas recalled.
Carasani, 31, appeared earlier than a choose simply hours after being taken down by Rojas, with seen welts protecting his black and blue face.
Caresani advised police that he had been consuming at a close-by membership and was allegedly attempting to succeed in a good friend’s “Paul’s home” within the space when he mistakenly entered the house.
Rojas and his household mentioned they’d by no means seen Caresani earlier than and had no thought who he was when he broke into their home.
The alleged house intruder has been charged with house invasion and stays in custody on the Broward County Jail as of Tuesday, with a bond set at $20,000.
As for Rojas, he advised CBS 12 that he was comfortable to have the ability to use his abilities to guard his household and wouldn’t change how he dealt with the scenario with the intruder.
“Shield your loved ones,” Rojas mentioned. “There are a number of loopy folks [who] don’t consider in God, who [are] solely on the lookout for harm.”
