ARCADIA – A gunman posing as a delivery man bound a housekeeper Thursday during a home-invasion robbery, police said.
A man knocked at the door of a home in the 300 block of California Street about 10 a.m., claiming to be a delivery man, Arcadia police Sgt. Dan Crowther said. The housekeeper, a woman in her early 40s, answered the door.
“The male suspect pointed a handgun at the victim, bound her hands with duct tape and lead her to a room inside the residence,” Sgt. Tom Le Veque said in a written statement.
A second robber then joined the gunman, he said, and both ransacked the home.
“The victim did not see the suspects leave but waited for a period of time and was then able to free her hands,” according to the police statement.
She called her employer, who then called the police.
The housekeeper suffered bruises to her wrists but was not seriously hurt, officials said. A safe, jewelry and watches were stolen in the heist.
The safe contained jewelry and other miscellaneous items, Crowther said.
Authorities described the first robber as a Latino man, about 40 years old, of average height and weight, with moles and acne on his face. He wore a dark baseball cap, a white long-sleeved shirt and carried a silver, semi-automatic handgun.
The second robber was described only as a Latino man.
Both suspects spoke only in Spanish during the crime, police added.
Anyone with information is asked to call Arcadia police detectives at 626-574-5160.