Naperville Mom Accused of Pulling a Gun on 2 'Repo Men'

A 29-year-old Naperville mom says two men who tried to take her 9-year-old minivan didn’t identify themselves as “repo men,” so she pulled a gun on them and tried to drive away.

She didn’t get far, as police stopped her near her apartment complex, reports the Naperville Sun, and now she faces several charges: misdemeanor aggravated assault using a deadly weapon, possession of an invalid firearm owner’s identification card, disorderly conduct, disregarding a stop sign, failure to signal and failure to have a child safety seat in the van.

Police said Katherine Reccord, of the 400 block of East Bailey Road, pulled a loaded 9 mm handgun on the men, who called 911, on Tuesday evening at about 7:30 p.m. as they went after her 2006 Chrysler Town and Country van.

“The repo men didn’t really seem like they were repo men,” Reccord told the Sun. “The second guy actually broke into my vehicle, so they didn’t have the keys to get into the vehicle. ...

“I just didn’t really believe what was going on.”