I apply logic, Manny.  This was a home invasion.  Says so right in the article.  Doesn't matter if the bad guy was a meth head or an ASD teacher; home invasion automatically places the perp in a category rightfully trimmed from society and by saving us all the grief associated with listening to the crook's mom say what a pillar in the community our buddy in the driveway was the householder has acted altruistically.