Bogus UPS Deliveryman Binds, Robs Nanny

2009_10_fakeups.jpg Last Thursday night, a fake UPS deliveryman bound a nanny and robbed a West Village brownstone. The Post reports that a 50-something white male, pretending to be a UPS worker, first asked the nanny to sign for a fake package and then placed a sharp object against the back of her head, forcing her into the apartment. He tied her up (but not the 3-year-old charge) and took a MacBook, Apple TV, cable modem, camera and $40. When leaving, he told the nanny she could untie herself in 10 minutes. Police are investigating whether this home invasion is connected to an earlier break-in at an apartment on 9th near 5th Avenue.

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those unemployed investment bankers have to to get their loot somehow. you don't really expect them to use a Dell now do you?

oh, you're so clever. how proud of yourself you must be...

right back at ya. now come on in for the good stuff sweetheart.

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At least the woman and the child weren't physically harmed. Here's hoping the cops catch the creep.

That's pretty scary that random burglars are now posing as delivery men. In the future I'm going to look in the background and if I don't see a truck I not letting them in.

WTF is he gonna do with a cable modem?

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