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A 12-year-old boy managed to thwart an alleged burglary this Christmas in true Home Alone fashion.

Tristan Taylor heard his kitchen window shatter at his home in Medford, New York, followed by footsteps across his house on Tuesday afternoon .

As he was on his own, Tristan escaped through his bedroom window and managed to spot the intruder from the outside and called emergency services.

He told CBS New York: ‘I said, “I have to get out the house, the quickest way possible”.

‘I was on the phone with 911, waiting for them to get here.’

His grandma Timothea Taylor said she was ‘very proud’ Tristan managed to escape the house and call for help.

She said: ‘We were very proud that he was able to keep his composure and call the police as quickly as he did.

He?s a modern-day Kevin McCallister. A 12-year-old boy stopped a ?Grinch? who broke in while he was home alone Tuesday ? after the kid jumped from his bedroom window and called the cops, police and his proud family said. Tristen Taylor was alone in his home on Eagle Avenue in Medford around 12:50 p.m. when he heard glass shatter and the sound of the prowler?s footsteps in the kitchen, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Tristen opened his window and leaped out to the yard, where he spotted the homeless intruder, Christian Garcia, 53, lurking inside the home, cops said. The heroic child hid in the yard and dialed 911 on his phone. Police descended on the scene within three minutes and arrested Garcia inside the house. Home surveillance footage captured Garcia moving around the home and when he was arrested.
Tristan Taylor managed to escape through his bedroom window and spotted the alleged intruder from outside
He?s a modern-day Kevin McCallister. A 12-year-old boy stopped a ?Grinch? who broke in while he was home alone Tuesday ? after the kid jumped from his bedroom window and called the cops, police and his proud family said. Tristen Taylor was alone in his home on Eagle Avenue in Medford around 12:50 p.m. when he heard glass shatter and the sound of the prowler?s footsteps in the kitchen, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Tristen opened his window and leaped out to the yard, where he spotted the homeless intruder, Christian Garcia, 53, lurking inside the home, cops said. The heroic child hid in the yard and dialed 911 on his phone. Police descended on the scene within three minutes and arrested Garcia inside the house. Home surveillance footage captured Garcia moving around the home and when he was arrested.
Christian Garcia was arrested at the scene

‘Without even thinking about it, he automatically called 911.’

Their neighbour Mike Campanella added: ‘I would hope my son would have done the same thing.

‘When someone is breaking into the house, caution is to get out and call the police. You just have to be brave and call them.’

Christian Garcia, 53, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with third-degree burglary and possession of burglars tools.

He has pleaded not guilty.

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