Thugs Tie Up 91-Year-Old Woman, Threaten Poodle With Knife
ROSTRAVER, Pa. (AP) -- Police are searching for three men who forced their way into a 91-year-old woman's Pennsylvania home, tied her up, and threatened her pet poodle with a knife before stealing jewelry and cash.
Rostraver police say the incident happened about 8 a.m. Tuesday when the woman answered her door only to have the men forcibly enter.
The woman suffered a fractured vertebra in her neck as she was roughly knocked to the ground before she was bound in her bedroom while the thieves tried to open a safe.
When the woman first refused to tell the men where the keys to the safe were, they threatened her dog with a knife.
Police say the woman called 911 after struggling for 20 minutes to free herself.
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