ARMED ROBBERS INVADE HOUSE.Byline: Rachel Uranga Staff Writer Two machine-gun-wielding robbers tied up a family of four and ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. their house during a pre-dawn home-invasion robbery, authorities said Friday. No one was injured in the hourlong ordeal, in which robbers targeted a bedroom in their search, but left behind jewelry and other items, investigators said. ``It was just not randomly done,'' Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Patrick MacAuley said. The incident began about 2:30 a.m. when a 48-year-old man, who lives in a home in the 4900 block of Moorpark Road with his wife and two grown children, was awakened a·wak·en tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English by barking dogs
He was confronted by two gunmen, described only as African-American men ages 25 to 30, who ordered him into the house, awakened the rest of the family and bound them with electrical line fasteners fasteners In construction, connectors between structural members. Bolted connections are used when it is necessary to fasten two elements tightly together, especially to resist shear and bending, as in column and beam connections. . Over the next 45 minutes, one robber - characterized by the family as ``mean'' - picked through the house, while the other one - the ``nice'' one - politely guarded the family. Both bandits wore baseball caps and clothes with logos. One was described as being 5 foot 7, while the other bandit bandit: see brigandage. was about 6 foot 3, authorities said. MacAuley said the homeowner, who was not publicly identified, operates several motels in Kern County, and deputies are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. any connection between the residents and the robbers. Since 1998, there have been eight home-invasion robberies in east Ventura County. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion