Police Release Sketch In String Of Brooklyn Home Invasion Robberies
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police released a sketch Thursday of a suspect in eight violent home invasions and robberies in Brooklyn.
One suspect has been linked to the incidents in Brooklyn between Sunday, Feb. 15 and Friday, May 15. In all but one of the incidents, someone was home at the time and was robbed at gunpoint.
The victims included a 53-year-old woman, a 36-year-old woman, a 42-year-old woman, a 76-year-old man, a 39-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman, and a 68-year-old woman. Police released surveillance video last week.
CBS2's Tony Aiello talked to three of the victims in the incidents in and around East Flatbush, Brooklyn. They all said they were sitting innocently at home when all of a sudden, the man was in front of them sticking a gun in their face.
They said the man demanded cash, jewelry, and even Nintendo game consoles.
The woman in the most recent incident has a new lock on her door, and fear in her heart, after her Friday night fright.
"There was a bright light like that, and a gun pointed at me," the woman said. "I am sure we were going to die."
The woman and her grandson both said a man in the surveillance video looks like the man with a gun and flashlight who entered their home. They said he climbed through a window and terrorized them in their East Flatbush home.
"He was just saying: 'Turn around! Turn around! Turn the F around! Where's the money? Give me the money! Where's the money at!'" the woman said.
"The police told us he's been going through a number of houses," her grandson added.
Another of the victims had a purse was taken at gunpoint.
"He pointed it at my face," she said, calling the experience "terrifying; like, it's not something you forget."
Anyone with information was asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.