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A man tied up an 81-year-old woman during a St. Paul home invasion robbery today and it was at least seven hours before she was found with her hands and legs bound, police said. The woman was not injured.
The man apparently used a ruse to break into the woman's home in the Highland Park neighborhood, said Sgt. Paul Schnell, police spokesman.
The woman, who was not sexually assaulted, told police that early in the morning, before sunrise, she heard a noise near her front door in the 1100 block of St. Paul Avenue. Sunrise was 7:37 a.m. Monday.
When the woman went to check, she saw a man at the door. He said her neighbor's home was being broken into, and asked her to call police.
As the woman turned to phone police, the man broke a window near her front door, reached inside and unlocked the door. The man pushed her to the floor and demanded money, police said.
The woman gave the man money from her purse and asked him to leave, but he demanded more, police said.
The man brought the woman into her bedroom, pushed her onto the bed face-down, tied her hands behind her back and bound her ankles together, Schnell said. He rummaged for valuables in her home for at least an hour, the woman told police.
Police haven't found a connection between Monday's case and other incidents, Schnell said.
"It's obviously concerning — he was aggressive with this woman, he tied up her, he refused to leave even after she gave him a small amount of money," Schnell said.
This is a disturbing reminder that cooperation doesn't guarantee your safety. Criminal, by definition, do no play by society's rules.
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