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Home Invaders Getaway Car was a Delivery Truck

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By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 29, 2022


BRONX - Cops are looking for a pair of home invaders who swiped jewelry from terrified residents before fleeing in a delivery truck.


At around 9:30 am this morning police were called to a third floor apartment at Bruckner Blvd and Unionport Avenue. Investigators said two men forced their way into the apartment with guns drawn. 



The men took cash, jewelry and purses before fleeing. The home invaders piled into a white box truck with no front license plate parked in front of the building. They drove off in an unknown direction. 






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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential. 

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