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Widow uses pistol to foil home burglary in Marlboro County
An 89 year old South Carolina widow, Ruby Hodge, scared off two burglars using a loaded 38 caliber pistol hidden under her mattress. Officers tracked the suspects, Nelson Hawkins and Ronnie Stevenson, after a passerby reported a vehicle in Hodge's driveway.
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Blenheim
South Carolina
Marlboro
Fred Knight
Florence
Ruby Hodge
Knight
Nelson Hawkins
Darlington
Ronnie Stevenson
Lydia
Hodge