2 city residents are still shaken after they were held up at gunpoint and robbed in their own home. Early yesterday morning 55 year old Phillip Ramos was asleep upstairs in his Riverside Street home. His tenant Amilcar Garcia was asleep in the downstairs flat. Today Garcia told us he was awakened by Ramos knocking at his door. But when he opened the door, Ramos wasn't alone. Garcia recounted the frightening hold up.
Amilcar Garcia, Resident
"I was sleeping when I heard the noise and the knock on the door. He, the landlord knock on the door and I opened it, because it was him. He says open it for him please - I have something to tell you. When I opened it the gun man pushed me in with the gun and he started to assault me. He choked me and hit me in my forehead with a machete and from there everything started. They stole all my belongings like TV, laptop, phone, assortment of things. But it was a frightening timing."
Courtney Weatherburne
"And it was one gun man?"
Amilcar Garcia, Resident
"It was two; one had a gun and the other had a machete, but according to the landlord it was 5 of them."
Courtney Weatherburne
"But only two made it into your house?"
Amilcar Garcia, Resident
"He moved around with me in the house to look for the gold. But I didn't look for anything, because I don't have any gold nor any money. But they took my small changes. I had 3 container of small change nickels, pennies and quarters and halves and my other stuff."
"When they came out with the first TV I ran to the back and he came back and took some more things. But I don't know what happened after that. I was hiding."
Courtney Weatherburne
"After this terrifying experience, will you remain here or will you move on from this?"
Amilcar Garcia, Resident
"I don't want to move around and I am here for a long time. So, I just thank the good Lord that I didn't die."
The masked burglars stole both Ramos' and Garcia's TV's among other items.
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