Armed Suspects Force Way Into Family's Apartment Just Before Dawn: YPD

YONKERS, NY — A family was alarmed when armed attackers forced their way into their Yonkers apartment in the early morning hours Wednesday.

Just before 5 a.m., the Yonkers Police Department was called to a two-family residence on Crestvale Terrace on a report of a robbery. Investigators said several armed suspects forced entry into the home, targeting a specific apartment that was unoccupied.

While searching the home, they also entered the second apartment and encountered a family living in there. Investigators said the targeting of the home was not random, and that the suspects may have known there was something of value hidden in the house. Police do not believe the family had anything to do with whatever the robbers were searching for.

After searching the home, the suspects fled by car. None of the family members in the apartment at the time were injured during the harrowing ordeal.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Yonkers Police Department detectives at 914-377-7725.