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January 31, 2013
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Roseburg homeowner recounts life-and-death struggle with burglar

A young man with an extensive rap sheet was given three years in prison Wednesday for breaking into a Roseburg house and wrestling with the gun-wielding homeowner who was waiting for him. “He’s actually very lucky to be sitting here today,” Douglas County Deputy District Attorney Kathleen Johnson said of Michael Lee Hatton, who was sentenced in Circuit Court for first-degree burglary and resisting arrest. Hatton, 27, originally from Myrtle Creek, was arrested Dec. 6 inside the Esperanza Court home of Al and Marian Catron. In an interview Wednesday with The News-Review, Al Catron detailed how close to death the …

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The News-Review Updated Jan 31, 2013 05:59PM Published Feb 4, 2013 08:07AM Copyright 2013 The News-Review. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.