NYPD: Armed Men Steal $3,900 In Cash After Forcing Way Into Bronx Home, Tying Up Family
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police in the Bronx are looking for three suspects who they said forced their way into a home and tied up a family before making off with thousands of dollars and other items.
It happened back on June 28 at a building on Morris Avenue.
Police said three men forced their way into an apartment and threatened five family members inside with a gun. They then put the victims on the floor of a bedroom before tying them up with zip-ties, police said.
The suspects then ransacked the apartment and took off with $3,900 in cash, a personal safe and three cell phone, police said.
None of the victims were hurt.
Police describe the suspects as black men in their 30s. One was about 5-feet-7-inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. Another was about 6-feet tall and weighing 200 pounds. The third suspect was about 5-feet-8-inches tall and 150 pounds.
Investigators released a surveillance photo of two of the suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
