{"id":1987086,"date":"2023-07-31T17:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/76-year-old-n-c-couple-robbed-held-hostage-in-their-own-home\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T17:13:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:13:52","slug":"76-year-old-n-c-couple-robbed-held-hostage-in-their-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/76-year-old-n-c-couple-robbed-held-hostage-in-their-own-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly N.C. couple, 76, robbed and held hostage at home."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F76-year-old-n-c-couple-robbed-held-hostage-in-their-own-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987086&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A visual representation of the digital \u200dCryptocurrency, Bitcoin\u2063 on December 07, 2017 in London, England.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>2:01 PM\u200d \u2013 \u2062Monday, July 31, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>New details have emerged about an \u200delderly couple that were held hostage inside their own\u200c home and robbed of more than\u2064 $150,000 in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto an FBI \u200bcriminal complaint, the 76-year-old couple were both held at gunpoint \u200con the morning of April 12<sup>th<\/sup> \u200cafter two Black men dressed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/76-year-old-n-c-couple-robbed-held-hostage-in-their-own-home\/\" title=\"Elderly N.C. couple, 76, robbed and held hostage at home.\">construction workers claimed<\/a> \u2064to be inspecting pipes\u200c for damage. They \u2064were both\u200d wearing reflective vests and khaki pants.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062suspects, identified as Elmer Ruben Castro\u2062 (Perpetrator-1) and Remy Ra St. Felix (Perpetrator-2),\u200d soon\u200d knocked on the door again after telling \u200cthe husband that they would \u2063walk around the house. The wife \u200banswered, and\u200d the men pushed their way into the residence and were \u200cable to restrain the\u200d couple as \u200bwell as zip tie their hands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe wife was dragged by the legs into a bathroom and \u2064detained\u2062 by the smaller of the \u2062two men (Perpetrator-1),\u201d the complaint said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Felix then \u2064forced the husband to log into his Coinbase \u200ccryptocurrency account. The husband\u2064 said Felix was using his cellphone to talk to another suspect on \u2064speaker, identified \u2062as Jardon\u200d Gabriel Seemungal (Perpetrator-3). Seemungal \u200bprovided Felix \u200cinstructions on how to transfer \u2064money from the husband\u2019s account. \u201cThe husband described Perpetrator-3 as tech savvy\u2026 he knew details about the account without being told,\u201d the complaint noted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile over the next 45 minutes,\u200b the suspects were able to transfer $156,853 worth of\u200c cryptocurrency \u200dout of the husband\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cPerpetrator-2 threatened to cut \u2062off husband\u2019s toes\u2064 and genitalia, to shoot\u200b him, and to rape his wife if\u200c he didn\u2019t\u2019 access his Coinbase account. Perpetrator-2 also struck the husband in the head.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both of the men were armed, and \u200dPerpetrator-1\u200b even showed the\u200b wife that it was loaded by opening \u200dthe revolver\u2019s cylinder.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects next smashed\u200d the \u2062husbands computer\u2063 and couples cell phones, threw\u2062 the husband into the bathroom with the \u200bwife, and left. The couple was \u200dtaken to \u2062the hospital for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were able to tie the suspects to the robbery \u2063through surveillance, as \u2063well \u200das credit \u200dcard\u200b and cell phone \u200brecords. Text messages also showed the suspects discussing events before and after the \u200ccrime, and at least two\u200b of them logged into their Coinbase accounts after receiving\u2063 thousands of dollars the day\u200c of the robbery.<\/p>\n<p>An arrest\u2062 warrant has been issued for Seemungal and Felix, who have \u2064been charged with kidnapping and\u2063 conspiracy to commit kidnapping. \u2062Meanwhile,\u2063 no charges against\u2063 Castro have \u200bbeen\u2062 listed.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2064 breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe \u2064here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oann.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fcdc-discovers-covid-19-among-other-diseases-in-illegal-medical-lab%2F&#038;t=CDC%20Discovers%20COVID-19%20Among%20Other%20Diseases%20In%20Illegal%20Medical%20Lab\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mayor Dave \u200bBronson reported the relocation plan this week, after \u200da stadium that has\u200b been \u2064used as a shelter in the past closed this year, further straining the city\u2019s\u200d capacity to house and care \u200cfor the\u2063 homeless<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Scott \u2062LoBaido<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Matt\u2063 Rosendale<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u200d Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) -Italy\u2019s\u2064 AGCM competition\u200d watchdog said \u200bon Monday it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-market-signs-of-life-in-the-moribund-us-deals-market\/\" title=\"US deals market shows signs of revival.\">accepted commitments proposed<\/a> by Google \u2063to end a\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters)\u200d \u2013 The U.S. \u2063Securities and\u2063 Exchange Commission (SEC) had asked Coinbase to\u200c stop trading in all cryptocurrencies except bitcoin\u200d before suing\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Tom\u200d Bateman and\u2062 Rocky\u2062 Swift\u200d TOKYO (Reuters) \u2013 As Japan enjoys\u200d a post-pandemic \u2063resurgence in tourism from around the globe, Seibu\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Munsif Vengattil and Praveen Paramasivam\u200b CHENNAI (Reuters)\u200c -Taiwan\u2019s \u200bFoxconn\u2062 has signed an agreement with India\u2019s Tamil \u2062Nadu \u2062to invest 16 billion\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of Bitcoin in London, England on December 07, 2017. 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