Man picked wrong house to rob, National Guard soldier's house!

Police: Man tried to rob Cape soldier's home
Oct 04, 2011
By Meaghan Smith, NBC2 Reporter

CAPE CORAL -
A robber, armed with a machine gun, broke into Cape Coral man's home near Skyline Boulevard. But we found out the gunman picked the wrong homeowners to mess with.

In a nice Cape Coral neighborhood, Mike Ponton, a soldier with the National Guard, was just trying to enjoy his day off at home.

"I was watching TV," says Ponton.

What happened next was something made for a movie.

It involved a threatening phone call followed by a man with a ski mask, baseball bat and machine gun sneaking up to his house - which is right off Cape Coral Parkway near Skyline Blvd.

Ponton said it was about 1:30 in the afternoon.

"You come in my house and you bring a weapon to do bodily harm on me, I have no other choice but to protect myself and my family," he said.
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