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Two men broke into an elderly man’s Newbold home overnight, threatened his life and ransacked the place, but did not take anything.
The 72-year-old was asleep on the first floor of his home at 4:19 a.m. Sunday when two men shattered the glass of his back door and entered the property on the 1700 block of Pierce Street, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. One covered the man’s face with a pillow and said, “if you say anything, I’ll kill you.” The duo rummaged through the second floor as the man knocked on his neighbor’s doors to call the police. The pair fled in an unknown direction.
The man was unharmed, but taken to Methodist Hospital for observation.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Contact Managing Editor Amanda L. Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117.
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