Crime Stoppers Alert: Home invasion suspect on the run

MIAMISBURG, Ohio (WDTN) - Police are asking for help in finding the man who tied-up and robbed two people at a Miamisburg home.

It happened in the 800 block of Althea Drive Wednesday morning.

2 NEWS spoke with the homeowner, Gary Nunn, on Friday.

He's the kind of guy who could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in a white dress.

When it comes to the home invasion, his way with words may have saved his life.

"I think this is one time my conversation, being able to talk a lot, I talked him out of it," Gary says.

Gary lives in the kind of neighborhood where the only drama is what time the mail will come everyday, so you can imagine his surprise when he walked into his home Wednesday morning to find his daughter tied up and someone pointing a gun at him.

"If you needed something all you had to do was ask me, but to threaten my daughter," Gary says. "She's the only thing that means anything to me."

Gary scuffled with the man, but isn't as young as he once was.

The guy took off with Gary's car and some silver he'd been buying, which is why he believes he was targeted in the first place.

Gary doesn't think the robber acted alone.

"During this whole thing he's going outside talking to somebody on the telephone," Gary says. "I believe there has to be somebody coaching him."

Gary thinks that person on the phone is the same man who was seen picking up the robber two and a half miles away where Gary's car was found.

Two days after the robbery, you could find an alarm company's trucks outside Gary's home.

He's urging others not to make the same mistake he did. The home invader entered through an open garage door.

"I put myself in a comfort zone," Gary says.

Gary says since the crime he's seen an outpouring of support from everyone from neighbors to the police. The biggest thing he wants to talk about now is justice.

"I wish everybody would help," Gary says. "Please come forward and give us information. My family would be very indebted to you."

If you have any information call Crime Stoppers at 222-7867.