Oct 5, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
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Tanya FletcherAli Herrera
Kendall HansonProvincial Election CorrespondentSo I just kind of came straight in.
Stephen Stringham is showing the door that was suddenly busted in around 12.30 Thursday morning.
was angry that it happened.
I was scared for my family, of course.
His wife Kaylee, when she heard loud banging on the door, called police.
My wife had been coming down the stairs.
The door had started to be broken open.
And then 911 had told my wife to barricade with my daughter upstairs and my son was downstairs.
The intruder ended up going into their three-year-old son's room, barricading himself inside.
Police arriving soon after, breaking into the room and arresting the man.
He's in good spirits.
He wasn't hurt or anything.
Online court records show Clinton Douglas O'Donnell, born in 1991, is facing charges of unlawful confinement and break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offense.
It turns out this was the second home invasion in the neighborhood, the other just 48 hours before.
They also had two children sleeping in the home at the time.
He wasn't caught at that time, so nobody knows if it's related or not.
Stevens says there hasn't been any thefts or break-ins at their home in the three years they've lived there.
In the community, there's lots of people suggesting the home invasions and alleged rise in other social disorder is related to the supportive housing recently opened nearby.
And it seems that people feel like things have been... becoming more of a problem, and not necessarily against the residents, but maybe the people that associate and aren't qualified to get into the building.
Stringham says he wishes average families didn't have to pay for failures of the local and provincial government.
So I just kind of came straight in.
Stephen Stringham is showing the door that was suddenly busted in around 12.30 Thursday morning.
was angry that it happened.
I was scared for my family, of course.
His wife Kaylee, when she heard loud banging on the door, called police.
My wife had been coming down the stairs.
The door had started to be broken open.
And then 911 had told my wife to barricade with my daughter upstairs and my son was downstairs.
The intruder ended up going into their three-year-old son's room, barricading himself inside.
Police arriving soon after, breaking into the room and arresting the man.
He's in good spirits.
He wasn't hurt or anything.
Online court records show Clinton Douglas O'Donnell, born in 1991, is facing charges of unlawful confinement and break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offense.
It turns out this was the second home invasion in the neighborhood, the other just 48 hours before.
They also had two children sleeping in the home at the time.
He wasn't caught at that time, so nobody knows if it's related or not.
Stevens says there hasn't been any thefts or break-ins at their home in the three years they've lived there.
In the community, there's lots of people suggesting the home invasions and alleged rise in other social disorder is related to the supportive housing recently opened nearby.
And it seems that people feel like things have been... becoming more of a problem, and not necessarily against the residents, but maybe the people that associate and aren't qualified to get into the building.
Stringham says he wishes average families didn't have to pay for failures of the local and provincial government.
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