Armed home intruders pistol-whip 5-year-old girl in face — take off with a cell phone



Armed home intruders on Staten Island pistol-whipped a 5-year-old girl in the face early Monday morning — and took off from the premises with a cell phone.

What are the details?

Four suspects, three armed with guns, kicked in the front door of the home near Livingston Avenue and Queen Street around 12:45 a.m., WPIX-TV reported, citing New York City Police.

A 5-year-old girl, a 4-year-old boy, a 33-year-old woman, and a 54-year-old resident were inside the home at the time of the break-in, the station said, citing police.

The NYPD released a video from surveillance cameras showing the robbers — wearing hoodies and masks — entering the home and searching the residence with a flashlight, the New York Daily News reported.

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The robbers demanded money and jewelry, police said, according to the Daily News, and they pistol-whipped the girl and the woman. The victims suffered facial cuts and bleeding, WPIX said, and were taken to a hospital for treatment. The boy and the 54-year-old resident were not hurt, the paper added.

The suspects stole a cell phone before fleeing the home, police told the station, and there have been no arrests.

Police are asking the public for help identifying the suspects and tracking them down, the Daily News said, adding that anyone with information can confidentially call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.

How have folks been reacting?

Commenters under the New York Post's story about the incident are not happy:

  • "Wonder how many times these winners/grad students have been caught and released with no bail," one commenter said. "The child in the home did not deserve this. ..."
  • "Where was the social service worker to talk them out of this now that nothing is a crime and responsibility is a past tense?" another commenter asked.
  • "Liberal states would rather have dead innocents than armed informed citizens, only one of them is a threat to their tyranny," another commenter said.
  • "Isn't gun control great!!" another commenter exclaimed. "You take the guns away from the law abiding citizens and give them to the criminals."

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Border Patrol agents encounter 5-year-old girl who says she crossed the Rio Grande alone



U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported that on Monday authorities encountered a 5-year-old child who said that she had crossed the Rio Grande alone.

Then on Wednesday authorities encountered four more unaccompanied kids, including three teenagers and another 5-year-old. "All children had recently crossed the Rio Grande near the Del Rio Port of Entry, within an hour of each other," CBP noted.

These reports reflect a troubling trend.

"This fiscal year, between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021, the Del Rio Sector has already encountered 2,280 unaccompanied juveniles, compared to only 1,305 during the same time last year," the agency noted.

Wandering the border, all alone\u2026\n\nThis time it\u2019s a 5-year-old girl from Guatemala. She told agents that she crossed the Rio Grande by herself. This is NOT ok!pic.twitter.com/B0H4BCmwLk
— Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens (@Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens) 1644353283

"For years, agents have found children in the river after drowning while trying to cross, and it has to stop," President of the National Border Patrol Council in the Del Rio sector Jon Anfinsen said, according to the Daily Caller.

"Unfortunately, the policies of this administration are only encouraging parents to send their children on the dangerous trek across the border," he said. "Until the White House and Congress figure out how to stem the flow across the border and create an orderly process for those seeking asylum, current policies are only going to lead to more children tragically drowning."

The U.S. continues to face an influx of migrants along its southern border. The number of southwest land border encounters in October, November and December of 2021 each reached more than double the number reported for the same months the prior year.

The constant flow across the nation's southern border represents an acute public safety threat as authorities continue to capture people who have previously been convicted of sexual offenses.