Man, 92, Chews Himself Out of a Bind

We're not saying you shouldn't be kind to strangers, but you should probably not let them into your home. Especially when you live alone. And especially when you're a geriatric. Case in point: A 92-year-old man from Shoreline, Wash. who was left taped to a chair after a home-invasion robbery chewed through the restraints to free himself yesterday.

Detectives said the incident began about 11 a.m. when the man, who lives alone, answered a knock at his door. When the two white men in their 20s asked to use the phone, the homeowner let them into the house and then sat down in a kitchen chair while one man went to use the bathroom, police said. When the man came out of the bathroom, both grabbed the victim's arms and held them while they used masking tape to tape him to the chair, the Sheriff’s Office said. The men spent more than an hour in the house while they looked for valuables and eventually took more than $400 from the victim.

After the robbers left, it took old man Mr Friendly Neighbor two hours for the victim to free himself by chewing through the masking tape. Other than bruises, he was not injured. The two men are still on the loose.


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