Armed Black Thieves Invade Home of American-Idol Winner

ABC Local
May 7, 2014

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“American Idol” star Scotty McCreery was the victim of a home invasion on Monday morning. The 911 call explains that the intruders were Black.

American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and some friends were the victims of a home invasion style robbery in the 2100 block of Raleigh’s Wolf Tech Lane just before 2 a.m. Monday.

The area is an apartment complex near the N.C. State campus and McCreery is a student at the university.

According to Raleigh police, three armed people came into the home and took wallets, cash, and electronic items before fleeing.

No one was hurt.

In a 911 call released by police, one of the people in the apartment told an operator “they took everything we have.”

“They were like ‘Get down. Get on the floor and give us everything you got,'” said the caller.

The caller said the robbers told the group to count down from 100 before they were allowed to get up.

Neighbors who spoke with ABC11 described hearing a group of people charging up the stairs.

“All you heard was yelling like ‘Who are you? What are you doing here? ‘ for a good five minutes. It was just yelling,” said one neighbor.

The woman said the next thing she heard was people running down the stairs again and soon afterwards police arrived.

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Stock image of typical home invaders.

“We just thought it was a bunch of college students partying until that point,” said the woman.

The front door of the apartment was covered in police fingerprinting dust Monday. Investigators said they were working to put together descriptions of the suspects.


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