Two men posing as Con Edison workers forced their way into a Brooklyn apartment late Monday and tied up a 58-year-old woman inside, threatening to shoot her if she yelled, authorities said Tuesday.
The victim, Jenny Rodriguez, had minor injuries to her wrist and refused medical attention after the break-in just before midnight on Rockaway Parkway in Brownsville, according to police. The robbers made off with a television and other items, like a stereo and clothes that belonged to her and her husband. One had a gun.
Cops say the thieves were only in the third-floor apartment for about 15 minutes. But Rodriguez told NBC New York she's afrad the same men may come back for more.
"I’m afraid for my life," she said.
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Rodriguez, who has trouble walking, has lived in the apartment for seven years. It was left ransacked by the armed robbers, and now she wants to move out.
"I don’t want to stay here right now. I don’t want to stay in this apartment no more, I am afraid right now," she told NBC New York.
Police spoke with NYPD detectives, who were also looking for surveillance video and to talk with neighbors. Police had yet to give out a description of the two robbers, who remain on the loose.
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