Arlington woman: Robbers 'blasted through the back door' with shotguns

ARLINGTON — Two gunmen who forced their way into a southeast Arlington home Tuesday afternoon "blasted through the back door" with shotguns, tied up a couple and their adult son, and took the woman’s jewelry, a 911 recording reveals.

The female victim, who has asked that her name not be used because at least one of the suspects is still at large, told the 911 dispatcher that the home invasion about 1 p.m. Tuesday was "unreal." She said that she was reading in her home in the 500 block of Lemon Drive, her son was using the computer and her husband was getting ready for work when the robbers fired into her back door.

"All of the sudden the door blasted out and they were in here," the woman told the dispatcher. "It was unreal. And they had shotguns."

There was no indication why the gunmen picked the small brick home in a neighborhood near Cravens Park in far southeast Arlington. Police had made two arrests as of Friday -- suspects identified as Santana Rosas III and Serena Rojas.

In another part of the tape, the woman said: "They tied us up and we were on the floor.  . . . They asked for jewelry. They took my rings and anything. We didn’t have any money. They wanted a safe, and we don’t have a safe."

The woman said the attackers wore jeans, black bandannas over their faces and white T-shirts, possibly under plaid shirts. Police later said one attacker was Anglo and one was Hispanic.

Police said witnesses in the area have described seeing two men get into a green four-door sedan, possibly a Toyota, near the house. The car was driven by a woman with a ponytail, witnesses told police.

Anyone with information about the crime should call Crime Stoppers at 817-469-TIPS (8477). All tipsters remain anonymous and are eligible for a reward up to $1,000.