Man Charged With Murder In Deadly Brooklyn Home Invasion
Dwayne Blackwood, 27, faces charges in connection with a home invasion in Brooklyn that left a 91-year-old man dead. The search continues for a second suspect.
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Dwayne Blackwood, 27, faces charges in connection with a home invasion in Brooklyn that left a 91-year-old man dead. The search continues for a second suspect.
A wake was under way late Thursday for a 91-year-old man who died during a home invasion last week.
Police said four thieves tied up 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethlin, in their Bedford-Stuyvesant home last week.
The search is on for a pack of thieves who police say tied up an elderly couple and ransacked their apartment in a violent home invasion robbery that left a 91-year-old man dead and his 100-year-old wife in the hospital.
Authorities say the man and his 99-year-old wife were tied up when a four men broke into their home at 160 Decatur St. around 3:30 p.m.
Once inside, he went into the girl's bedroom and watched her sleep, while only wearing a bathrobe and T-shirt – no pants or underwear, police said.
Police say several men, one of them armed with a gun, forced their way into a home on 148th Street, tied up the couple inside, and began searching the house.
Two sisters and a baby were home alone Wednesday when suddenly they said a man broke in around 9 a.m.
Police Sunday night were searching for the man responsible for a home invasion on Long Island.
Police said the husband and wife were in bed when they were woken up by the sounds of two men running through the house.
One of the men, wearing a red jacket, threatened the homeowner, while another held her down and ripped a gold chain from her neck, police said.
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The men barged into the house at Elton Avenue and 157th Street around 9:50 a.m. Tuesday.
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Investigators said the 52-year-old woman answered the door when two men forced their way in and opened fire, shooting her once and her husband five times.
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