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Police: 4 burglarized DC house wearing tactical gear, claiming to be with FBI

A house in D.C. was burglarized Wednesday by four people in tactical gear claiming to be from the FBI, the police said Thursday.

The D.C. police said the four used a crowbar to force their way through the front door of the house on Bay Street in Southeast, near the Stadium-Armory Metro station, at about 6 a.m. Wednesday. Three of them had guns.



There were five people in the house at the time. The burglars told them they were with the FBI and stole phones, a Rolex watch, two safes and $3,300 in cash, and drove off in a silver Audi Q3 SUV that belonged to someone in the house.

Police said there is evidence that one woman was tied up; the other four people said they were bound as well.

It’s not known whether the burglars and victims knew each other, the police said; there were no serious injuries.

WTOP’s Megan Cloherty contributed to this report.

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