What to Know
- Burglars targeted a Brooklyn home for the third time, this time attacking the retired NYPD cop and sexually assaulting his wife, police say
- The three people broke into the Marine Park house just before 5 a.m. Monday, then fleeing with a handgun, driving off in the couple's car
- Police said two of the three suspects were arrested at Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, but say one more man is still being sought
Police say they have arrested two robbers who were searching for jewelry and cash in a Brooklyn home and who cops say attacked a retired NYPD officer, then tied up his 71-year-old wife and sexually assaulted her.
A 21-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were nabbed late Monday going through the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel. Once police got a hit with a license place reader, officers were able to box the car on the Brooklyn side and take them into custody, police said.
Authorities say they are still searching for a third person in connection with the Madison Place home burglary in Marine Park.
"You gotta be sick to do that," said neighbor Nate Wolf, whose surveillance camera picked up a grainy image of someone approaching the home. "I live right here. Could happen to my house any night."
Police said three people, believed to be two men and a woman, broke into the home just before 5 a.m. Monday and eventually fled with a handgun, driving off in the couple's car.
It was the third time the home has been targeted in three months, police said. In July and September, burglars stole another gun and another car from the same house.
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Several neighbors say the couple's adult son also lives in the home and has had "issues." Police have not confirmed that, and have not shared if it may have played a role in Monday's home invasion.
