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11-24-2009, 11:52 PM
Family tied up, robbed in home invasion (http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_13855398)
Sun-News report
Posted: 11/24/2009 09:58:33 AM MST
LAS CRUCES - A Santa Teresa family awoke to a frightening scene early Monday morning when four men broke into their home, tied them up and robbed them, according to investigators.
Doņa Ana Sheriff's investigators were called to the home in the 320 block of Avenida Mirador, part of the gated Santa Teresa Country Club community, around 4:30 a.m., according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
Investigators learned that four suspects had forced entry into the home and threatened the family with guns. The intruders bound the two adults in the home with plastic ties and ransacked the house in search of money.
The suspects, described as wearing jeans and dark-colored clothing, took a small amount of money, but no other items, and the couple and their two young children, who were not tied up, were not injured during the robbery, according to the release. Early media reports indicated that the intruders may have been dressed as law enforcement officers, but Investigator John Palmer said Monday afternoon that was not the case. He said no further information on the investigation was available.
Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to contact the Doņa Ana County Sheriff's Department at (575) 525-1911 or Central Dispatch at (575) 526-0795.
Sun-News report
Posted: 11/24/2009 09:58:33 AM MST
LAS CRUCES - A Santa Teresa family awoke to a frightening scene early Monday morning when four men broke into their home, tied them up and robbed them, according to investigators.
Doņa Ana Sheriff's investigators were called to the home in the 320 block of Avenida Mirador, part of the gated Santa Teresa Country Club community, around 4:30 a.m., according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
Investigators learned that four suspects had forced entry into the home and threatened the family with guns. The intruders bound the two adults in the home with plastic ties and ransacked the house in search of money.
The suspects, described as wearing jeans and dark-colored clothing, took a small amount of money, but no other items, and the couple and their two young children, who were not tied up, were not injured during the robbery, according to the release. Early media reports indicated that the intruders may have been dressed as law enforcement officers, but Investigator John Palmer said Monday afternoon that was not the case. He said no further information on the investigation was available.
Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to contact the Doņa Ana County Sheriff's Department at (575) 525-1911 or Central Dispatch at (575) 526-0795.