FIVE ROBBERS INVADE HOME, TAKE GUITARS.Byline: Staff and Wire Services LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Five men -- two of them armed with guns -- burst into a Lancaster home occupied by eight band members and stole several guitars and some other items, authorities said. The home-invasion robbery robbery, in law, felonious taking of property from a person against his will by threatening or committing force or violence. The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his occurred about 10:30 p.m. Monday Monday: see week. in the 43600 block of Gadsden Avenue, said Lt. David Oliva oliva /oli·va/ (o-li´vah) pl. oli´vae [L.] olive (2). o·li·va n. pl. o·li·vae See olivary body. of the Lancaster sheriff's station. Deputies said one resident had gone outside and was approached by a man who suddenly hit him in the face. Then that robber was joined by four others in masks who burst into the house. Brandishing at least two guns, the robbers ordered those inside to lie on the floor. Deputies said the robbers loaded the guitars and other loot into a vehicle and then drove off. After they left, the man who had been struck in the face was taken to a local hospital for treatment. |
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