Dad burglarizes house; turns out occupants were babysitting his kids (Greeley, Colorado)

Dad RAUL GAUCIN-VALENZUELA and his buddy decided they'd break into the buddy's ex-wife's house, so they could "confront" the ex-wife's new boyfriend. Much to Dad's chagrin, the buddy's ex-wife just happened to be babysitting Dad's two kids that night, and they instantly recognized Dad--even with the bandanna over his face. Dad was also divorced from his children's mother (talk about loser divorced guys hanging out together). Now Daddy's in jail on second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, child abuse, and menacing charges.

Sometimes Lady Luck just ain't on your side, huh?

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Odd coincidence leads to arrest in Evans

By Mike Peters
mpeters@greeleytribune

You might say a Greeley man fell into the worst coincidence he'd ever seen, when his own children were inside a house that he and a friend hit in a home-invasion over the weekend.

The father/suspected home invader ended up in jail on $21,000 bond.

Evans Police spokeswoman Rita Wolf said the father was going to help a friend beat up another man in the house, but his children were in the house and recognized their dad, even though he was wearing a bandanna over his face.

Raul Gaucin-Valenzuela, 33, was jailed on charges of second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, child abuse and two counts of menacing.

The Saturday incident was at the home of the ex-wife of Gaucin-Valenzuela's friend.

“The men went to the ex-wife's house to confront her boyfriend,' Wolf said. “Raul (Gaucin-Valenzuela) was helping his friend.” She said there were four men including Gaucin-Valenzuela involved in the incident, and Evans police are still looking for the other three suspects.

According to Wolf, while two men waited outside, Gaucin-Valenzuela and his friend broke in the front door of the house with plans to beat up the new boyfriend, but then things changed.

Gaucin-Valenzuela was wearing a bandanna over his face, and apparently didn't know that the woman was baby-sitting his own children, ages 8 and 11, at the house. “The children recognized their dad,” Wolf said, “even though he was wearing the bandanna.”

Police also said the bandanna slipped off his face several times during the confrontation.

That's when the two men — including Gaucin-Valenzuela — left the house.

While the other three men involved in the incident haven't been located, Gaucin-Valenzuela was arrested at his ex-wife's house in Greeley.