STEPHENS CO., Okla_ Stephens County
Sheriffs' Deputies have arrested two men in this week's violent home invasion
near Comanche.
Authorities
said they arrested Jeremy Roebuck Wednesday afternoon and Jeffrey Herbert
around 8:30 AM Friday morning. Roebuck lives in Marlow and Herbert lives in Comanche.
Authorities said the pair broke into the couple's home around 1:30 Tuesday morning.
They shot the man in the side and the leg, tied up his wife and burglarized the
house. Authorities said the victim is in stable condition at OU Medical Center
as of Friday evening.
Authorities
won't say exactly how it happened. In fact, they're not saying much about the
case at this time. However, neighbors are speaking out, saying how relieved
they are the men were caught.
Glen Harris
lives up the road from where it happened.
"I'm very
proud," Harris said. "I wish it wouldn't have happened. "I don't know why
anybody would do something like that."
Harris said
even before Tuesday's early morning incident here, he always had a way of
taking precautions answering his door when the sun's down.
"When it
gets dark and somebody comes up, I've got a 38 special."
He said luckily,
he's not had to use his gun yet. He said he hopes he never has to. June McGuire
also lives down the road from where the home invasion took place.
"I feel
very relieved," McGuire said. "I would feel really bad if it turns out I know
them or know the family."
She said over
the years, her family has changed their security.
"When we
moved here in 1948, you left the doors open and the keys in the car, but no
more."
Harris and McGuire
said despite the home invasion that took place here, moving from the area has
not been a thought. They say they've lived nearby far too long to be scared
off.
"This is
our dream," Harris said, "Coming down here and getting this."
"Oh my
goodness no," McGuire said. "I've lived in this house for 65 years in June. This
is our home."
Sheriff Wayne McKinney
said authorities are still investigating but for now, the men are expected to
be charged with robbery.
View our 7News coverage of the home invasion here.
