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American Retiree Victim of Sandhill Home Invasion
posted (May 24, 2013)
A 78 year old American retiree was the victim of a home invasion in Sandhill on Wednesday night. Around 7:00, 45 year old Brian Emmanuel was visiting Albert David Reich at his mile 20 home in Sandhill. When Emmanuel left, three Hispanic men held him up – one of them had a gun, and the other two had knives. They took him back to the house where they clubbed him across the head and told him to shout for Reich.

Today, Reich told us what happened when he opened the door:…

Voice of: Aggravated Burglary Victim
"I was just about to go home when I saw a person was hailing the man so I turned back to hail him but when I heard the person calling the man by his name. As he opened the door I was stepping up to his verandah at that same time and at that same time a man came from the back and slapped me on the side of my head with a gun and pushed me inside of the man's house with him."

Daniel Ortiz
"What did they do and what did they want?"

Voice of: Aggravated Burglary Victim
"The man asked where the money was and where the chest was."

Daniel Ortiz
"What exactly happened when they cornered you and the gentleman?"

Voice of: Aggravated Burglary Victim
"They tied me up right away and they put me down on my belly and told me to stay and that if I moved I would be dead. They asked the man for the money and if they didn't get it they said they would have killed both of us in there."

Daniel Ortiz
"Did the man give them the money?"

Voice of: Aggravated Burglary Victim
"The man told them where he had some money and they took that and after that they started to aggravate the old man."

Daniel Ortiz
"Did they beat the man?"

Voice of: Aggravated Burglary Victim
"They kicked the man on his side."

Daniel Ortiz
"Why did they do that, they had already gotten the money?"

Voice of: Aggravated Burglary Victim
"Those men are crazy, they just come so that they can take away people's things just like that."

Daniel Ortiz
"What type of gentleman is your boss? Is he nice? Explain to us how he handles his employees and people around him."

Voice of: Aggravated Burglary Victim
"Anybody that works for this man knows that this man is a good man and he handles everyone good. When he is coming from California, that is where he lives, he brings anything you want and when he gets here he doesn't charge you for it."

The assailants managed to escape with almost $7,000. Police have detained one man and investigations continue.

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