Homeowner feared for her life during home invasion.

BY Tim Haeck  on May 11, 2012 @ 7:34 am (Updated: 8:28 am - 5/11/12 )

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Police are searching for armed robbers who forced their way into the home of a Tacoma couple Thursday night, threatening to kill them and holding them hostage for hours.

The robbers, wearing bandanas over their faces, broke through a glass door at the home of Ramio and Norma Fernandez at 74th St and South Ainsworth.

"There was a gun pointing at me with a laser and I cannot move and he said, 'We want your money. We want your jewelry,'" Mr. Fernandez told KING 5.

Police say Mr. Fernandez tried to escape "however one of the suspects chased him down, assaulted him and physically pulled him back into the residence," said Tacoma Police Lieutenant Jerry Laramie.

Norma Fernandez says she feared for her life.

The robbers tore up the house and got away with two duffel bags full of cash and valuables. There were no serious injuries to the couple.

Police dogs were not able to track the robbers, who appeared to talking with a woman accomplice using two-way radios during the robbery.

Tim Haeck, KIRO Radio Reporter
Tim Haeck is a news reporter with KIRO Radio. While Tim is one of our go-to, no-nonsense reporters, he also has a sensationally dry sense of humor and it will surprise some to learn he is a weekend warrior.
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    since the most obvious identifying features of the criminals
    May 11, 2012 7:57 am
    is being withheld from all news reports, it can only mean one thing..... they look like what Obama's son would look like (if he had one).

    Hopefully, we will soon get a clear picture of the dead thugs, taken when they were cute little 12 year olds.

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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Paul, the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriac of history
    May 11, 2012 9:23 am
    .
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    good boy Willie...
    May 11, 2012 9:27 am
    I see you have been keeping up on your Dr. Seuss reading assignments.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    But definitely not a pusillanimous pussyfooter when it come to spouting nonsense
    May 11, 2012 9:28 am
    .
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    I'm No Genius.............
    May 11, 2012 10:06 am
    ...but this part of the article: 'The robbers tore up the house and got away with two duffel bags full of cash and valuables.'

    Approximately how much cash did they get away with to take up a portion of 'two duffel bags'?

    If someone broke into my house, the only cash they would find would be in my pocket and would take up enough space to leave my house in the thieves pocket; they wouldn't need a couple of duffel bags....or even a sandwich bag.

    What is this couple doing to have that much cash lying around? If it was legal, I want to know if they are hiring and where to send my resume!

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  • Dark Jedi wrote...
    The new wave
    May 11, 2012 11:13 am
    Violent home invasions are the new wave of criminal activity. Buy a gun and defend your home. Noone else will be able to help you.
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  • kata wrote...
    Literally a block and a half from TCPD.
    May 11, 2012 11:21 am
    Did anyone actually watch the video or read the secondary link?
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  • Snout wrote...
    That took some stones
    May 11, 2012 4:32 pm
    There's a cop shop a stones throw away on 72nd.
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  • CH wrote...
    No guns? . . . .
    May 11, 2012 7:45 pm
    must have been a democrat home. Republincan't would quote a verse and start shooting.
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  • kurtthekraut wrote...
    If....
    May 11, 2012 8:10 pm
    there was really two duffel bags full of cash and jewelry, this was definitely an inside job. No loser crook gets that lucky.
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  • Informed wrote...
    The radio
    May 11, 2012 9:35 pm
    Said they took $5000.00 in cash. Who keeps that kind of money at home?
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