As many as five would-be burglars with their faces covered cut the phone lines into the home of home security boss Joel Matlin in February. The 4 am. break in was foiled but only, it seems, because Matlin’s stepson was at home and shouted at the burglars through a door as they were trying to break it down. Matlin is the owner of the well promoted home alarm company AlarmForce Industries Inc. The story of this remarkably aggressive break in is told in the Toronto Star today. Matlin was in Florida at the time but was able to monitor some of the events at his Bayview Ave and York Mills Road home by cell phone signals. Police have since arrested several men. Toronto Star.