La Brea police are probing the violent robbery of a La Brea pensioner at his home on Friday night.
Police said Westcar “Doc” Abraham, 74, reported that around 6 pm, he locked all the doors and windows at his home. As he lay on his couch watching television around 9 pm, two dark men wearing black and grey masks, one armed with a knife, broke down his wooden front door and announced a robbery.
The bandits then demanded that he hand over the keys to his silver Nissan Wingroad station wagon, valued at $53,000.
They then tied up Abraham with his bedsheet and curtain and stole his Samsung A23 mobile phone valued at $1,800, Samsung Stereo set valued at $2,000, a weed wacker valued at $3,000, a grinder valued at $800 and two bank cards.
The bandits escaped with the loot in Abraham’s station wagon. PC Alexis, PC Samlal, PC Moreno and WPC Villafana-Ashby responded and began inquiries.
In another incident, Point Fortin police are probing a house break-in where bandits got away with approximately $300,000 in jewellery.
Police said the 61-year-old victim locked all doors and windows to his home at Fanny Village around 5.25 pm Thursday and left.
He returned around 9 pm and discovered the front door glass on the southern side of his home broken. He checked inside and found his entire home ransacked and a quantity of jewellery consisting of gold bayras, chains, pendants and diamond rings missing. The man told police that no one had permission to remove them.
W/Cpl Joseph, PC Sheppard, WPC Blaze and PC George visited the scene but did not find workable fingerprints or CCTV footage around the area.