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The teenager said she was asleep and woke up to the sound of footsteps in the house.

A Boston area teenager woke up in the middle of the night to find her home being broken into by a burglar who she then chased out of the residence after arming herself with two kitchen knives.

The teen was awoken by a man who was trying to steal things from her Middleborough home, police said.

She also collected key evidence that led police to arrest the suspect.