Three men in ski masks attacked Fred Baker in the alley, and then ransacked his home.
"I was taking out the trash and three guys came up to me and tied me up with duct tape,” said Baker. “And they left me in the garage."
Lt. Muyres says the gunman then handed the weapon to his partner while he took off a screen and crawled inside a window of the home. A couple living at the home were both asleep inside, and the noise of the intruder awakened the woman, who confronted him in her son's bedroom. She ran to wake up her husband, who then found the gunman making off with the PS3 gaming system. The intruder crawled back out the window and the men fled.
Man breaks into two homes in St. Paul's North End, attacks occupants
By Mara H. Gottfried
mgottfried@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 12/21/2009 12:54:54 PM CST
St. Paul police are searching for a man who broke into two homes this morning, assaulted a homeowner in one case and tied up an elderly resident and her 4-year-old granddaughter in the other.
In what Minneapolis police are calling a highly unusual attack, a man broke into a residence in the Phillips West neighborhood early Thursday and sexually assaulted two teenage girls.
He was found Saturday covered in blood in his apartment building hallway, crying for help with more blood gushing from his head.
A home armed invasion over prescription drugs has landed one suspect in jail.
The incident happened Saturday afternoon at a residence on the Fond du Lac Reservation.
Witnesses say a masked gunman entered the home and demanded prescription drugs.
A man tied up an 81-year-old woman during a St. Paul home invasion robbery today and it was at least seven hours before she was found with her hands and legs bound, police said. The woman was not injured.
The man apparently used a ruse to break into the woman's home in the Highland Park neighborhood, said Sgt. Paul Schnell, police spokesman.
The woman, who was not sexually assaulted, told police that early in the morning, before sunrise, she heard a noise near her front door in the 1100 block of St. Paul Avenue. Sunrise was 7:37 a.m. Monday.
When the woman went to check, she saw a man at the door. He said her neighbor's home was being broken into, and asked her to call police.
One of two men suspected in a home invasion in St. Paul that led to gunfire being exchanged is in custody this morning after being shot by the homeowner, police said.
