Thieves fake UPS delivery, tie up residents, raid piggy bank

Thieves fake UPS delivery, tie up residents, raid piggy bank

NEW YORK (AP) — A man claiming to be a UPS delivery man pushed his way inside a New York City apartment on Monday and demanded residents bind themselves with zip ties before he and an accomplice broke into a safe and a children’s piggy bank and made off with a pair of iPhones, an iPad and more than $7,500 in cash. Police said the man showed up to the Bronx apartment around 5 p.m. holding a box and wearing a brown winter hat with stickers pasted on the front spelling out “UPS,” police said. The man claimed to have a gun in the box and pushed past the 60-year-old woman who answered the door.

Photo: FILE – In this Dec. 19, 2018, file photo packages await delivery inside of a UPS truck in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, FIle)