Elderly men beaten, robbed in separate incidents

Shane Su­perville

Two el­der­ly men were beat­en and robbed by ban­dits in sep­a­rate in­ci­dents, hours apart on Sun­day.

In the most re­cent at­tack, a 71-year-old Barataria man was bound, beat­en and robbed when three ban­dits stormed his home at around 11.30 pm. Po­lice said the man was in the kitchen of his Eighth Street home when the ban­dits con­front­ed him, steal­ing his cell­phone and $10,000 in cash.

The at­tack­ers then led the man to the bath­room, tied his hands, and beat him be­fore lock­ing him in­side. They al­so stole the man’s black Hyundai Tuc­son, $20,000 in cash and US $1,500 from a draw­er in the house be­fore flee­ing. The man man­aged to free him­self and re­port­ed the in­ci­dent.

Of­fi­cers of the Barataria CID and the North East­ern Di­vi­sion Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tion (NED CSI) Unit are con­tin­u­ing en­quiries.

Hours ear­li­er, at around 6.20 pm, a 68-year-old woman was in the gallery of her Old Plum Road, Man­zanil­la home when a ban­dit pressed a knife against her neck. He pushed her to the ground as two oth­er ban­dits en­tered the house, con­front­ed her 70-year-old hus­band and beat him. A 21-year-old woman in the house at the time was al­so beat­en and robbed.

The at­tack­ers stole a blue Nis­san Ti­i­da be­long­ing to the fam­i­ly and es­caped. Of­fi­cers of the East­ern Di­vi­sion vis­it­ed the scene, and hours lat­er the stolen car was found aban­doned on Ca­lyp­so Road, Man­zanil­la, and towed to the San­gre Grande Po­lice Sta­tion.