By TRICIA NEAL, CJ Staff Writer
Commonwealth Journal
Somerset —
Somerset Police are trying to determine who broke into a North Maple Street home early Thursday morning, alleg-edly looking for pre-scription drugs.SPD patrol units res-ponded to the residence, located at 315 North Maple Street, Somerset, shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday after a report came in that two females had been robbed there.
The women — Rebecca Cromer, 60, and her adult daughter, Michelle McQ-ueary, 39 — claimed three men entered their home armed with a gun and a knife.One man, a white male wearing baggy shorts, came to the door first, asking to use the women’s phone because he was having car trouble. When the door to the residence was opened, two add-itional white males ent-ered the house.
The men seemed to be targeting prescription medications, police say.The women gave only vague descriptions of the men.
McQueary’s son, Dylan Sellers, was also in the house at the time. Police say he slept through the incident.The suspects allegedly fled on foot after committing the crime, but police were unable to locate them. The police department’s K-9 unit was utilized, but the dog lost track of the men’s scent a short distance away.
The SPD is continuing to look into the incident.Anyone with information about the robbery is encouraged to call 911 or contact the SPD at 678-5176.
