Guns Stolen, Victim Assaulted in Clermont County Home Break-In
I want to start with the one thing that hit me hardest when I reviewed this case — the timing. 3:32 a.m. is that hour when your guard is down, the world is quiet, and you assume nothing bad can reach your doorstep. But that’s exactly when the victim on Marathon Edenton Road made the 911 call that pulled deputies into one of Clermont County’s most alarming home invasions this year.
The house sits close to the Brown County line — rural enough that a sudden noise at night can feel either normal or deeply wrong. In this case, it was the second one.
According to investigators, the suspects didn’t break in through a window or force some complicated lock. They slipped in through the back door — the same door the victim normally used every day. That detail always bothers me because it reminds you how often intruders choose the point of entry that feels “safe” or “normal” for the homeowner…