Intruders force grandparents, kids to zip-tie themselves in home invasion, NY cops say
Two men robbed grandparents at gunpoint while they were with their grandchildren in their New York home, police said.
One man dressed as a fake UPS worker and carried a box with a gun inside as he approached the couple’s door on Monday, Dec. 20 in the Bronx, the New York City Police Department said.
When the 60-year-old woman opened the door around 5 p.m., the man disguised as a UPS worker shoved past her and held her and her 63-year-old husband at gunpoint, police said.
The men forced everyone, including their 8-year-old grandson and 6-year-old granddaughter, to zip-tie themselves, police said.
Then they stole two iPhones, an iPad, personal documents and more than $7,500 in cash from a safe and a child’s piggy bank, police said.
No one was injured in the robbery.
Police are still looking for the suspects and ask anyone with information to call the New York Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477 or for Spanish at 1-888-57-74782.
Tips can also be submitted at Crime Stoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
This story was originally published December 21, 2021 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Intruders force grandparents, kids to zip-tie themselves in home invasion, NY cops say."
