95-year-old defends self, home with screwdriver

 
By Johnny Johnson
Published: April 24, 2008

BARTLESVILLE — Winnie Wiles is almost a century old and uses a wheelchair, but she's nobody's victim.

And even though she's not talking about what she says was one of the most horrific experiences in her life, word is quickly spreading about the 95-year-old woman who held off a drunken intruder for more than 90 minutes.

About 3 a.m. Saturday, Wiles was awakened to the sounds of someone trying to get in her h...


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