(La Porte County, IN) - Two suspected burglars were caught by the property owner who fired a gun when he spotted one of them fleeing from his Michigan City area home.

 

Gregory Novak, 37, and Kari Kohn, 39, are charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with Level 4 felony burglary.

 

According to court documents, the victim returned home Monday afternoon to see Novak running out of the residence and jumping over the railing on his deck.

 

Novak stopped, though, after the victim fired his gun into the ground, police said.

 

Police said the victim then spotted Kohn running out of the side door of his residence toward the driveway.

 

The victim discovered his stereo in the back of Kohn’s vehicle, police said.

 

Court documents revealed entry into the home in the 6900 block of N. 525 West was gained by forcing open a sliding glass door. Novak and Kohn were being held in the La Porte County Jail on $20,000 bond.