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Violent Home Invasion Robbery
November 23, 2003
By Emily Langlie
KITSAP COUNTY - Sunday turned into a terrifying morning for a Kitsap County family.
They were hog-tied for two and a half hours until one woman could crawl to the phone and dial 911 with her tongue.
Police say this was not a random robbery.
"They barged in with guns pulled and they jumped on my back. Then they told me not to move or they're going to kill me," said one of the victims named Bill.
He still has red marks on his wrists and ankles from where he was hog-tied by masked gunman in a rural home.
Bill, his wife, and his 5-year-old son were asleep in one room when the home's owner was confronted by three armed, masked men.
"They grabbed her by gunpoint, and they put us all in a room, handcuffed us, and said they were going to shoot us," explained Bill.
He thinks the robbers may have approached the secluded house two days ago, but he scared them off.
Sunday morning, they had a look out on the driveway with a walkie-talkie. They mowed down the front gate, escaping in the homeowner's car.
They also got away with the homeowner's rare coins that she sells on eBay.
"They filled it up with all the coins, ran the gate, and then drove right out of here," said Bill.
"It wasn't a spur of the moment 'let's drive by the house, take a look inside and see who's there,' " said Detective Scott Wilson with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department. "From what we can gather, the perpetrators seemed to have know that woman was inside the house and they were looking specifically for certain items."
Detectives suspect the house was targeted because a woman who used to live there had a drug debt - that may have brought all this horror on for the current residents.
Police found the stolen getaway car, a Kia Sportage, on a dirt road about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. It had been set on fire.
Violent Home Invasion Robbery
November 23, 2003
By Emily Langlie
KITSAP COUNTY - Sunday turned into a terrifying morning for a Kitsap County family.
They were hog-tied for two and a half hours until one woman could crawl to the phone and dial 911 with her tongue.
Police say this was not a random robbery.
"They barged in with guns pulled and they jumped on my back. Then they told me not to move or they're going to kill me," said one of the victims named Bill.
He still has red marks on his wrists and ankles from where he was hog-tied by masked gunman in a rural home.
Bill, his wife, and his 5-year-old son were asleep in one room when the home's owner was confronted by three armed, masked men.
"They grabbed her by gunpoint, and they put us all in a room, handcuffed us, and said they were going to shoot us," explained Bill.
He thinks the robbers may have approached the secluded house two days ago, but he scared them off.
Sunday morning, they had a look out on the driveway with a walkie-talkie. They mowed down the front gate, escaping in the homeowner's car.
They also got away with the homeowner's rare coins that she sells on eBay.
"They filled it up with all the coins, ran the gate, and then drove right out of here," said Bill.
"It wasn't a spur of the moment 'let's drive by the house, take a look inside and see who's there,' " said Detective Scott Wilson with the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department. "From what we can gather, the perpetrators seemed to have know that woman was inside the house and they were looking specifically for certain items."
Detectives suspect the house was targeted because a woman who used to live there had a drug debt - that may have brought all this horror on for the current residents.
Police found the stolen getaway car, a Kia Sportage, on a dirt road about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. It had been set on fire.
I'm gonna have to check it out further.
