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Machete Man Bests Burglar

By: WBBH
Updated: January 11, 2013
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He may be 75-years-old, but Francisco Garcia wasn't afraid to grab his machete and fight off a burglar who was breaking into his Lehigh Acres, Florida home.

Garcia says he grabbed his machete when he heard a crook trying to get into his house. 

The burglar first tried knocking on the front door and when Garcia didn't open it - deputies say he kicked it in. 

At that point, the great-grandfather ran to get his machete and confronted the suspect. 

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