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Sudetenland Tales

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Byesville PD Chief Daulton Dolan told Fox News Digital that the door kick challenges take "ding dong ditch" to a new level, especially in stand your ground states like Ohio.

"If you feel that your life or a life of your family members are threatened, you can take deadly force against somebody right there on the spot. So, for instance, if someone kicks open a door in the middle of the night, and the homeowner believes that they're coming in can physically harm them, they're going to shoot at them if they have a gun nearby," Dolan said. "And in Southeast Ohio we've seen that before."

The door kick challenge can lead to charges ranging from trespassing to property damage.

Additionally, in Ohio, if a person's leg enters another person's home by kicking a door in, that can result in a burglary charge, on top of possibly trespassing charges, Dolan explained.

Homeowners might also face a lengthy process in the criminal justice system if they choose to defend themselves with a gun if someone kicks their door open, Dolan said.

"Our job would be: if the homeowner did fire a weapon if somebody had kicked open their door, we would conduct an investigation into that. Of course, we would seize the weapon that was used in it as evidence. We would take any kind of