According to NYPD data, thieves committed 204 home-investment robberies in 2020, a 7 percent increase over 190 in 2019, often indicating an epidemic as a factor in horrific and violent crimes.
Police said two people were shot and a third person was injured in a December 22 domestic attack in the East Village. Around 9:50 pm, three gunmen, wearing a black busty and shot two 29-year-old men, in an apartment in the Wald Houses. A third male victim was placed on top of the head with an unknown object.
In May, a pregnant woman and her lover were shot by a killer in their Staten Island home during a robbery in a house.
The spike has intensified in the new year, with 56 home invitations reported through Feb. 28 – putting the city at a pace of over 300 this year, NYPD statistics show.
Recently, a pair of robbers posing as plumbers took two people hostage and tortured them for hours before fleeing to a Bronx apartment with a cell phone and $ 2,000.
Furious robbers have more easy targets, with more people home due to the epidemic.
“These people (NYC residents) are sitting ducks. The home invasion suspects do not care who is inside. Women, children. This is part of their plan that instills fear and terror among their victims, ”Joseph Giaclone, a retired NYPD Sergeant who teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
“In these cases suspects enter your home with guns and restrictions and this is happening more frequently due to epidemics. Nobody thought the lockdown would last long, ”he said.
He said the home invasion is more frightening than the more common theft. A “garden variety” thief is usually unarmed and “waits for you to leave before you enter and pick up your belongings.”
“Even a slight offtake in home invasion is a concern,” added Giacalone. “Many home invasions involve drug dealers robbing drug dealers and the likelihood of retaliation becomes greater.”
He advised: “Don’t open the door for someone you don’t know.”
The retired soldier said the epidemic did no favors, with more people out of work and more people pushing for cash: “There are more guns on the street, firing continues to escalate and a violent criminal element bends for destruction.” is.”
Between home invasion incidents:
- On January 27, armed crooks were caught on video making their way to a Bronx home – where they threw a 75-year-old woman to the ground and grabbed her and two men at gunpoint before setting off with $ 2,000 .
- On January 31, armed bandits bound an Upper East Side resident and his Madison Avenue doomer and closed with over $ 10,000 in cash and rare coins.
- Police sources said that in the early hours of February 5, two armed men barged into a Jamaican, Queens residence and tied at least six people and stole three copies of a safe key.
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