{"id":88908,"date":"2015-05-11T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/88908\/local-family-overpowered-and-tied-up-during-robbery\/"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T09:00:04","slug":"local-family-overpowered-and-tied-up-during-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/11\/local-family-overpowered-and-tied-up-during-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Local family overpowered and tied up during robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Parkhill Gardens family was tied up in their home and the house was ransacked, last Monday evening.<\/p>\n

The incident took place in Cachet Road at about 5.30pm.<\/p>

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\u201cIt is alleged that a suspect gained entry to the house and surprised the homeowner while he was in the bath,\u201d said WO Andr\u00e9 de Jager, communications officer for the Germiston SAPS.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt gun-point, he ordered the owner into the bedroom where the homeowner\u2019s wife and four-year-old daughter were sitting.<\/p>

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\u201cHe proceeded to tie the family up and then ransacked the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

The robber wore pantyhose over his face so a description of him could not be given.<\/p>\n

He made off with computers, televisions, a DVD player, cellphones, a PlayStation and other household goods which he loaded into the family\u2019s bakkie before driving away.<\/p>\n

The homeowner managed to alert a neighbour to his family\u2019s predicament at about 9.30pm and they were freed.<\/p>\n

No one was injured and no shots were fired during the robbery.<\/p>\n

The Germiston SAPS are investigating a case of house robbery and no arrests have been made yet.<\/p>\n

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Other crime stories:<\/p>\n

Two men on the run after armed robbery<\/a><\/p>\n

Local pizza outlet robbed<\/a><\/p>\n

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