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Justice Breyer robbed at knifepoint in Caribbean

WASHINGTON - Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies, a Supreme Court spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Monday.

The 73-year-old Breyer, wife Joanna and two guests were confronted by the robber around 9 p.m. EST Thursday in the home Breyer owns on the Caribbean island of Nevis, spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said. The intruder took about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt, Arberg said.

She said the robbery was reported to local authorities, but she did not know if an arrest has been made.

Breyer reported on his most recent annual disclosure in June that property he owns on Nevis is worth between $100,000 and $250,000.

An FBI agent on the scene in Nevis is assisting local police investigating the robbery, CBS News has learned. The U.S. Marshals Service is also assisting with the investigation.

The last time a justice was the victim of a crime was in 2004, when a group of young men assaulted Justice David Souter as he jogged on a city street. Souter suffered minor injuries.

In 1996, a man snatched Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's purse while she was out walking with her husband and daughter near their home in Washington. Ginsburg was not hurt.

The justices return from a nearly month-long recess for a closed-door conference on Friday. They will next meet in public on February 21.

In December, Breyer spoke to CBS News' Erica Hill and Jeff Glor about his new book, "Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View." See the interview below:
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