1 of 5 women who overdosed outside New Jersey mall dies
Seal Found Crossing Road in Brick, NJ
CLIFTON, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police responded to a call from a 73-year-old woman who was found tied up and robbed in her Clifton home early Sunday afternoon.
Ramona Cartagena said she had been working on an arts and crafts project in her kitchen when she heard someone enter her home. At the time she believed it to be a family member.
Within seconds of storming into the home, the suspects told Cartagena in Spanish not to move and threw her to the ground. They then taped her mouth, wrists and hands with duct tape that she was using for her art project. One of the suspects was carrying a hand gun.
FOLLOWING A HORRIFYING ENCOUNTER WHEN TWO MASKED AND ARMED MEN WALKED INTO HER HOUSE AND TOLD HER IN SPANISH NOT TO MOVE.
HER MOTHER SAYS SHE LEFT THE FRONT DOOR OPEN WHEN DOING CRAFT WORK IN HER KITCHEN WHEN THE ROBBERS STORMED IN AND SHE FROZE.
THEY MADE HER GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN HER LIVING ROOM WHILE THEY RANSACKED THE HOUSE.
