Family Held At Gunpoint In Break-In

SANTA ROSA, CA — Santa Rosa police arrested three men early Sunday suspected of breaking into a home and holding a family at gunpoint.

The armed home invasion on Herbert Street left one victim injured and an 11-year-old child traumatized, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.

Officers responded to a 911 call at about 8:45 p.m. in the 1600 block of Herbert Street, where two suspects had forced their way into a home, held three adults and an 11-year-old boy at gunpoint, and demanded money, police said in a news release.

Police said one adult man had his hands bound behind his back, while another was hit with a firearm and punched. He was treated and released from a local hospital for a wound to his head. Neither the adult woman nor the child was hurt, police said.

A nearby home security camera filmed the suspects leaving the house with four large garbage bags and driving away in a red sedan.

Detectives later identified a red Nissan using footage captured by license plate readers.
An officer stopped the car at about 12:50 a.m. on northbound Highway 101 near the Yolanda Avenue exit.

Police found two black masks, a tactical flashlight, and four garbage bags matching the ones captured on the surveillance video, according to Santa Rosa police. The bags held about 28 pounds of marijuana that police said they suspect was stolen during the robbery, police said. They found no firearms, according to the news release.

Three suspects were arrested and booked into the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility.

The robbery is still under investigation.