OH
Estranged Husband Breaks In, Holds Wife at Knifepoint
At 3:43 in the morning, two days before Christmas, Mary calls 911 from a locked upstairs bedroom on Akron's south side: her estranged husband is in the house, an active protection order says he can't be, and he is trying to kick in her door.
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