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2 home invaders leave with just $10, books
Their victims were students, and it appears cash was in short supply, police say.
By THOMAS LAKE
Published May 18, 2006
PORT RICHEY - In any economy, the winners find a way to maximize their potential for reward while minimizing their risk of disaster.
On Limington Drive on Tuesday afternoon, two young men did the opposite.
Their risk: life in prison.
Their reward: $10 cash and a bag of textbooks.
A 21-year-old man told sheriff's deputies he was at home with his sister and a friend about noon when the intruders burst in. One brandished a chrome semiautomatic handgun; the second pressed a knife to his back.
"Where's the money?" the gunman said, according to a sheriff's report. "Give us your cash and shut up."
But all three victims were students, and it appears cash was short. The men found $10 in a bedroom, and a black Nike book bag, and fled in an unknown direction.
Investigators are calling it an armed home-invasion robbery, which under state law carries a potential sentence of life in prison.
The robbers were still at large Wednesday.
--Thomas Lake covers law enforcement in west Pasco County. He can be reached at 727 869-6245 or tlake@sptimes.com
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