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by Michelle Myers Published Oct. 5, 2025, 2:29 p.m. ET

A family of three was held at gunpoint and bound with zip ties in their Olney home Saturday night, police said.

Just before midnight, a man was sitting on his front porch in the 500 block of Marwood Road when an armed person dressed in black approached him, police said.

The masked intruder forced the man into his home, where both his wife and daughter were present, and zip-tied the trio, demanding money.

He took the father to an upstairs bedroom, stealing $1,000 in cash and striking him in the head with a gun before fleeing the scene, police sa

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