Couple Locked In Closet After Robbery

Two robbers burst through the front door of a home and robbed an elderly couple of $200 at knifepoint before locking them in a closet, the Clallam County sheriff’s office said Tuesday.

The robbers threatened to cut the couple’s throats if they didn’t cooperate, deputies said.

Deputies searched for two men - one described as heavyset with chubby cheeks in his 30s and the other in his 20s - after an 84-year-old man and his wife, 79, broke out of the closet and called 911 Monday night.

“We don’t have these kind of robberies,” Sheriff Joe Hawe said. “This is the first forced residential robbery we’ve had in years.”

One of the robbers forced the wife onto the floor and held her at knifepoint, while the other robber took the husband through the house to collect money, sheriff’s officers said.