3 girls held at gunpoint during home invasion robbery in Reading

Via Reading Eagle

Five people held three girls at gunpoint during a home invasion robbery in the 100 block of Rose Street, city police said Sunday.

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No one was injured in the holdup, which occurred Saturday night about 11, police said.

The robbers took a laptop computer, 35 DVDs and a DVD player, investigators said.

Police did not release the victims' names.

Investigators gave this account:

The girls, ages 12, 15 and 17, were in the house when their dog started barking.

One of them opened the front door and was confronted by a man with a gun, who pushed his way inside and told the three to be quiet.

Three other men and a woman, all with guns drawn, entered the house. They were all wearing dark clothes and had bandannas covering their faces.

The men started searching the house while the woman held the girls in the living room at gunpoint. She told them she would shoot if they moved.

Police said they believe the girls are all related, but they did not know if they all live in the house.

The girls described the men as about 5 feet 10 inches tall and thin. They said the woman was about 5 feet 2 inches tall and heavy.

An investigation continues.