Police Release Images Of Suspects In North Philly Home Invasion
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This surveillance image shows three men police say were involved in a home invasion Monday night in North Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA -
Philadelphia police have released images and the descriptions of three men who allegedly tied up four Temple University students and robbed them.
The home invasion happened at an off-campus apartment on the 1800 block of North 18th Street Monday night.
Police say one of the men followed a woman and then forced her into her apartment. Once inside, police say the suspects duct taped her and her three roommates and stole cell phones, cash and computers.
Police say the suspects are all black men of similar height between the ages of 20-25.
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This surveillance image shows three men police say were involved in a home invasion Monday night in North Philadelphia.
