Crime

Armed men wearing medical masks break into Fort Worth house, demand electronics

Wearing disposable medical masks and armed with guns, two men broke into a south Fort Worth house, woke a resident and stole electronics, according to a police record.
Wearing disposable medical masks and armed with guns, two men broke into a south Fort Worth house, woke a resident and stole electronics, according to a police record.

Wearing disposable medical masks and armed with pistols, two men broke into a south Fort Worth house early on Friday, woke a resident and insisted on learning the location of electronics, according to a 911 call record.

The assailants took a phone and computers from the house in the 3500 block of Wharton Drive, according to the Fort Worth police record.

The home invasion occurred about 3 a.m. and was reported about 8 a.m.

The occupants of the home were not injured, according to a police spokesperson.

The assailants are not in custody, the spokesperson said on Friday afternoon.

Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
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