Robbers Detain Lower Merion Couple in Basement, Police Say

Several armed robbers wearing masks imprisoned a Lower Merion couple in their basement early Sunday morning, injuring one of them while children slept upstairs, police said Monday.

Three or four armed men broke into a home on the 400 block of Levering Mill Road, where Merion Station meets Bala Cynwyd, about 2 a.m., police said. They detained an unidentified woman in her basement, and when her husband arrived home about 2:30, they seized him in the driveway and detained him with her, police said.

The robbers injured the man while they demanded to know about any money and jewelry in the house.

The couple freed themselves about 3:30 a.m., called police and fled the house, police said.

“Three small children were inside the residence at the time,” according to a statement from police. “All the children were asleep and later woken and removed by the Police Department’s Emergency Response Team.”

It was unclear what was taken from the house and where the assailants went.

Lankenau Hospital treated the male victim for minor injuries, police said.

Department detectives are investigating.