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Houston teen's late-night food order ends with armed robbers taking $180K worth of goods
Posted on 6/22/22 at 8:59 am
Posted on 6/22/22 at 8:59 am
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The teen's dad, Dr. Ruchdi Barakats, says his son was careful and waited for the driver to leave before he opened the front door.
According to the surveillance timestamp, the teen waits nearly two minutes before picking up the food. But seconds after opening the door, two gunmen wearing hoodies, masks, and gloves shoved their way into the house.
"One of them hit him with the back of a gun, with the handle of a handgun, and subdued him to the ground," Barakats says. "They asked him if he's the only one at the house,"
Unfortunately, he was.
His dad, Dr. Barakats, was 10 minutes away at a friend's house, and the rest of his family was out of town.
The teen complied with the armed robbers' demands, and minutes later, the men are seen leaving the house with large bags of stolen valuables.
Dr. Barakats says they went through his master bedroom, his walk-in closet, and even took his wife's safe and some of her handbags.
And if that wasn’t enough, they took the homeowner's keys from the kitchen and used his truck as their getaway car.
"I remembered I have an AirTag on the fob key for the car," Dr. Barakats says.
Using the Apple AirTag, law enforcement was able to track down his truck near 288 and Almeda. They found it burned to a crisp.
The damage to the vehicle was $130,000, but thankfully, it was insured.
In total, Dr. Barakats estimates the thieves got away with more than $180,000 worth of belongings.
He’s now asking the public for help identifying the people responsible.
"I’m pursuing this for – maybe for my own reasons – just for justice," he says.
As of right now, it’s unclear whether the delivery was involved or connected to the robbery at all.
A spokesperson with Uber says it does not appear connected and says its public safety team will be helping Houston police with their investigation.
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Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:01 am to John88
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A spokesperson with Uber says it does not appear connected
I probably would not have let a spokesperson say this.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:02 am to John88
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A spokesperson with Uber says it does not appear connected
I bet it doesnt. Uber would do the right thing in this new age of wokeism.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:02 am to John88
Moral to the story, get your lazy arse up and get your own food.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:02 am to John88
That was an expensive Cheeseburger.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:04 am to John88
Our new America. It seems like just yesterday I was getting lectured about how American life had never been better, and really would always stay that way, you know because recency bias and happy outcome bias. This whole fricking country is now like that latrine on MASH . Travel almost anywhere and come back to America demoralized.. We need a Star Chamber. Not kidding.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:05 am to John88
That’s a successful score. Do you think the perps had any idea they’d get $180k in loot, plus a $130k getaway vehicle? Good as a bank robbery with much lower risk.
If you have that much bling in your place, you should have a real safe, not a metal box that thieves can pick up and carry out.
This post was edited on 6/22/22 at 9:07 am
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:05 am to John88
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Dr. Ruchdi Barakats
Reparations paid in full baw.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:06 am to HeadSlash
Right off woodway near Houston Country Club. Certainly an expensive area, but Houston has crime everywhere.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:07 am to idlewatcher
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Reparations paid in full baw.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:07 am to HeadSlash
I’ve been doing a lot of delivery lately since I can’t drive
The other night I got food & answered the door on crutches, thought about it later that it might not be the best idea
But then I figured since I’m a poor there’s really nothing they could see that could be worth much
The other night I got food & answered the door on crutches, thought about it later that it might not be the best idea
But then I figured since I’m a poor there’s really nothing they could see that could be worth much
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:07 am to John88
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and even took his wife's safe
Never understood why people buy portable safes
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:08 am to John88
false advertisement.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:09 am to John88
If this happened in NOLA, the thread would be 100 pages already.
Democrat cities are out of control, yet these imbeciles continue to be elected.
Democrat cities are out of control, yet these imbeciles continue to be elected.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:10 am to TheHarahanian
Well they burned the truck to a crisp so it’s not like they got much out of it
This post was edited on 6/22/22 at 9:11 am
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:10 am to John88
I read the title as House Teens and thought this was going to be full of bans.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:11 am to John88
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truck
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damage to the vehicle was $130,000
Curious to know what kind of truck.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:11 am to TheArrogantCorndog
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Never understood why people buy portable safes
for a gun by the bed, safely secured from children accessing it, but quickly accessible by me.
I don't keep anything valuable in it other than a gun.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:14 am to TheArrogantCorndog
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Never understood why people buy portable safes
some are fireproof, or at least fire resistant
Posted on 6/22/22 at 9:17 am to John88
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The teen complied with the armed robbers' demands, and minutes later, the men are seen leaving the house with large bags of stolen valuables.
Maybe I am jaded but this would not surprise me if this wasn't an inside job with the teen knowing about it. Seems too neat and perfect.
This post was edited on 6/22/22 at 9:18 am
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