NYPD: Fake FedEx Worker, Helper Tie Up Family, Rob $100K+
A man posing as a FedEx worker and an accomplice tied up a Brooklyn family and robbed them of more than $100,000 in cash and jewelry, police tell News 4.
The incident occurred Monday around 3 p.m. in the Bayridge section.
Surveillence video from the victims' security cameras show someone dressed as an apparent FedEx worker carrying a box and making their way up the stairs to the front door. Another video captures the duo tying the hands and legs, as well as taping the mouths of the three victims who police described as a 36-year-old woman and her parents, a 75-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man.
The duo had walkie-talkies, surveillence video shows. And, while one went upstairs, the other stayed with the family.
The suspect who went upstairs discovered a safe with cash and jewelry.
A neighbor told News 4 he heard a loud noise, but didn’t know where it came from.
“I look around, I came around here and there’s this guy coming out of this door, pushing a big black box,” he recounted. “I observed – it’s a safe. He actually pushed a safe down the driveway!”
Gary said he went after the suspects but they took off quickly in a blue Jeep.
Police, who continue investigating the incident, say the victims, who are restaurant owners and moved into their home just two years ago, were not seriously hurt.
Police tell News 4 investigators plan on releasing surveillence footage of the robbery.
News 4 reached out to FedEx for comment.
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