Police are investigating a home invasion robbery of an elderly woman.
It happened early Saturday morning at a home on Crafton Drive in Bensalem. Police arrived at the home around 2:15 a.m.
The victim, an 83-year-old woman, told police she was sleeping in her bed when a man forced his way into her house, held a knife to her and demanded money. The suspect then allegedly tied the woman’s arms and legs to a nightstand.
Police say the woman faked a heart attack, causing the suspect to turn on a ceiling fan and check her pulse. The man then allegedly cut the woman’s phone lines, found her debit card and then fled the scene. The man went to a nearby bank and withdrew money from the woman’s account, according to investigators.
Police say the woman was able to free herself around an hour later by cutting the rope with her teeth. She then called police.
The suspect is described as thin black male standing 6-feet in his late 20s to 30s with a thick beard and mustache. He was last seen wearing a brown-hooded jacket, tan cargo pants and was carrying a black Tommy Hilfiger shoulder bag.
Police consider the suspect armed and dangerous and say he may be in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. If you have any information on this incident, please call Bensalem Police at 215-633-3719.
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