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Ivars:
I appreciate all of the input.  I feel better now that I believe I did the right thing even though it seemed like too little at the time.

The story was the abridged version though as not to bore anyone.  Since it seems there is some interest, I will elaborate a little.  I was not armed at any time during this.

These individuals obviously did not belong there and the neighbors had seen them before and were worried.  They had asked me to watch out for them.  They had returned home a week before and found them on the property.  They suspected that they lived on the street behind us.  They filed a report.

The night this happened, the couple had left together, but left their kids with a sitter.  I talked to the sitter just before dark as she took the kids inside.  After the confrontation, my wife called the police while I went to their door.  I had to knock repeatedly as she was hiding and probably thought I was one of the intruders.  I made myself visible to the front window and she finally answered the door.  I told her that we had the police on the way and everything was OK.

The police came and I gave a statement.  The officer asked me if they looked Sudanese.  I said maybe, but I could not identify them, it was dark and they were wearing jeans and T-shirts.  Nothing identifiable.  I could have taken a picture and it still would not have helped.  He suspected a couple of guys he had made contact with before.

My original question to you all was whether or not to try and hold them since the police cannot arrest someone on a vague description.  I guess that is not an option.  What else can you do?  It always seems like the law is on the side of the criminals.

Thank you for all of your time and effort responding to my questions.

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