In what could be a worrying new trend, three twisted armed robbers masquerading as deliverymen broke into the house of a Colorado family and assaulted two children, according to authorities and experts.
The children’s distraught parents saw the phony delivery men enter their home on a Ring doorbell on June 12 while they were away from home.
According to an Aurora Police Department announcement, the men allegedly attacked the babysitter and assaulted two children, a six-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl.
Retired NYPD Sgt. Joseph Giacalone, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, described the incident as “an old crime with a new twist.” “These guys are always looking for a new way to get into your house, and I’m sure police are very worried about whether this is a growing pattern.”
According to Giacalone, thieves once tried to enter homes by pretending to be utility technicians. But he said, with employees donning distinctive uniforms and carrying identity cards, this strategy is no longer successful.
The most recent in a run of robberies utilizing fictitious delivery people was the horrifying house invasion in Colorado that happened roughly ten miles from downtown Denver.
According to video that KDVR was able to collect, the event started a little after 8:30 p.m. when one of the suspects approached the door holding a box and wearing a bright orange vest.
“They were dressed in construction vests and claimed they were there to drop a package off. The suspects were holding a package and waited for the residents of the home to open the door,” the Aurora Police Department stated. “When they did, the suspects forced their way in and robbed the family.”
The man in the vest pushed his way in as soon as one of the occupants of the house slightly opened the door. Then, using the Spanish he had learned, he started screaming at his two collaborators.
In the ring camera footage, one of the males was seen storming into the house with what looked to be a gun in his hand, and another suspect was seen getting out of a parked car to join them.
During the approximately one-minute ransacking, which brought in cash and jewelry for the robbers, the teenage girl was groped inappropriately, according to her mother.During the break-in, the young boy and the babysitter were both pushed to the ground.
The homeowners’ Ring camera alerted them to the burglars, and they then called the police.
The mother of the children claimed that her son, who is shown sobbing as the cops arrive, had been severely traumatized by the event.
Their mother expressed her fear of long-term harm to her children and expressed how terrified she was by the attack.
Following a wave of home invasions, police agencies throughout the nation have advised residents to exercise caution when opening their doors to strangers.
Last year in Indiana, a homeowner brandished a gun and shot a burglar who was impersonating a DoorDash driver, killing the intruder.
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Two armed thieves broke into a New York City residence in November, posing as deliverymen, and took $70,000 worth of items. The NYPD claims that the victims were bound using duct tape.
Last year, a fictitious deliveryman with a gun attempted to break into a Connecticut home while wearing an orange fluorescent vest and holding a manila envelope, but the homeowner shoved him and shut the door.
Verifying the identity of the delivery person is the most crucial safety measure, according to Giacalone, to “prevent something terrible from happening to your family”.
“If someone knocks on the door saying you need to sign for a package request to see their ID, whether through a window, a peephole or a door camera,” he said.
He also advised homeowners to check their windows to see whether a UPS or Amazon truck is parked close by.
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