Pensioners unharmed after house robbery
Suspects flee after man pulls out toy gun
Three suspects broke into a Lodeyko home on Monday afternoon, says Springs police spokesperson Capt Johannes Ramphora.
Upon entry into the house, one of the suspects threatened an 82-year-old woman with a steel pipe, who screamed out to her 56-year-old son.
The son rushed to her aid and saw the second suspect unplugging the TV.
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It was at that point the other resident in the house, a 92-year-old woman, screamed for help, which scared the suspect into dropping the TV and running outside.
Meanwhile, the woman’s son threatened to shoot the remaining suspects and chased them outside with his plastic toy gun.
The suspects fled the scene in a white Nissan.After the suspects fled, the 56-year-old noticed his two cellphones were missing.
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