PEOPLE-SANDRA BULLOCK Sandra Bullock's 911 call reporting intruder played in court

Record ID: 160298

  • Title: PEOPLE-SANDRA BULLOCK Sandra Bullock's 911 call reporting intruder played in court
  • Date: 9th April 2015
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (APRIL 09, 2015) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** JOSHUA CORBETT, MAN ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO HOME OF ACTRESS SANDRA BULLOCK, IS LED INTO COURT CORBETT SEATED AT TABLE IN COURT PROSECUTION TEAM WITH ZOOM OUT TO WIDE OF COURT VARIOUS OF PLAYING OF AUDIO RECORDING EXCERPT OF 911 CALL PLACED BY BULLOCK ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2014, REPORTING INTRUDER (AUDIO AS INCOMING - TIMESTAMP CANNOT BE REMOVED) - TRANSCRIPT OF EXCERPT OF RECORDING: SANDRA BULLOCK: Hello 911 OPERATOR: 911 Emergency, Operator 214. What are you reporting? SANDRA BULLOCK: Yes. I'm address REDACTED. My -- someone has broken into my house. I'm hiding in the closet. 911 OPERATOR: They're in the house now? SANDRA BULLOCK: Yes. Yes, they are. I just saw them walk under the attic. I have a -- 911 OPERATOR: Is it a man or a woman? SANDRA BULLOCK: I think it was a man. 911 OPERATOR: Okay. SANDRA BULLOCK: (INAUDIBLE) I'm locked in my closet. I have a safe door in my bedroom, and I've locked it, and I'm locked in the closet right now. 911 OPERATOR: Okay. Don't hang up. I'm going to be dispatching the police, okay? Don't hang up on me." SANDRA BULLOCK: Okay, and I'll give you the gate code. 911 OPERATOR: Okay. One second, Okay? You're not going to hear me, but I haven't hung up on you. SANDRA BULLOCK: Okay, Okay. 911 OPERATOR: Units an 8829 -- 8829 459 Hot prowl. Male -- unknown male suspect seen inside the residence. PR is locked in her bedroom. Code 3, Incident 1304 and RD (INAUDIBLE) 07. Okay. Could you tell what the person was wearing? What color shirts and pants? SANDRA BULLOCK: All I saw was like dark sweatshirt and dark pants going up the stairs to my attic. And I have a door to my bedroom that's a safe door, and I just hit the button and I... and I'm hiding in the closet right now. 911 OPERATOR: Do you have any weapons? Are you armed? SANDRA BULLOCK: No, I'm not. 911 OPERATOR: Okay. Now are there any animals in the house? SANDRA BULLOCK: No. No, not right now. And my son's not here either right now with me. 911 OPERATOR: What is the security code? SANDRA BULLOCK: I'm -- I'm sorry. What was that? REDACTED 911 OPERATOR: Okay. What's your name, ma'am? SANDRA BULLOCK: Sandra Bullock. 911 OPERATOR: All right. Sandra, what's the phone number you're calling from? SANDRA BULLOCK: REDACTED 911 OPERATOR: All right, Sandra, I'm going to stay on the phone with you until the officers get there, okay? SANDRA BULLOCK: Okay. 911 OPERATOR: I want you to let me know if you hear or see anything at all. SANDRA BULLOCK: I'm -- I'm in my closet. I don't think I can see anything. But I will, I promise. Oh, and the doors downstairs are locked, but I heard them break in. So, tell them to walk around. I heard noises so -- and I know that they broke in, so they had to have gotten in somehow. 911 OPERATOR: Okay. SANDRA BULLOCK: So tell the officers just to walk around and see where they came in. I -- I couldn't hear what door it was. It was just a loud -- loud crash. And I have security cameras too so you can -- we can play it back and see who it is once you guys get here. 911 OPERATOR: Sandra? SANDRA BULLOCK: Yeah. 911 OPERATOR: I'm going to stay on the phone with you until the police officers get there, okay? SANDRA BULLOCK: All right. Are they -- are they close? 911 OPERATOR: I don't know where they are responding from, Sandra. SANDRA BULLOCK: Okay. 911 OPERATOR: But I can tell you that they're responding with lights and sirens. SANDRA BULLOCK: I hear -- I hear them. I hear someone banging on the door. 911 OPERATOR: To your bedroom? SANDRA BULLOCK: Yes. 911 OPERATOR: Okay. One second, Sandra. WIDE OF COURT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) VARIOUS OF SANDRA BULLOCK
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  • Story Text: Joshua Corbett, the man accused of breaking into Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock's Los Angeles home, appeared in court Thursday (April 09) for a preliminary hearing during which dramatic audio of her 911 emergency call to police was played.
    Bullock, the star of such films as "The Blind Side" and "Gravity" was at home during the alleged break-in. The audio played in court was taken from her June 8th, 2014 call to emergency services from her Los Angeles home, and in it, a frantic and fearful Bullock is heard describing her encounter with the man.
    "Someone has broken into my house. I'm hiding in the closet," says Bullock, in the 911 audio recording. "I'm locked in my closet. I have a safe door in my bedroom, and I've locked it, and I'm locked in the closet right now," she adds.
    Later, she describes hearing the suspect banging on her bedroom door.
    "I hear -- I hear them. I hear someone banging on the door...." says Bullock.
    In court on Thursday, a bearded and shaggy haired Corbett, wearing prison garb that included a yellow shirt and blue pants, sat idly as Bullock's taped call was played.
    Corbett has pleaded not guilty to several charges, including felony charges of burglary, stalking and possession of a machine gun, and 19 additional felony weapons charges.
    Police found the weapons cache, which included several machine guns, at the Montrose, California, home of the 39-year-old Corbett following his arrest at Bullock's residence in an upscale neighborhood near Beverly Hills. Prosecutors say Corbett was unarmed at the time of his arrest.
    Last July, Corbett's bail was set at over $2 million. He is being held in Los Angeles County Jail.
    Corbett faces up to seven years and four months in prison if convicted on the three felony counts of burglary, stalking and possession, as well as an additional maximum prison term of 12 years if convicted on the felony weapons charges.
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