A 73-year-old man tumbled to his death from a window left open by Manhattan home invasion robbers who tied up and robbed the man’s son, police said Monday.
Fall victim Jacinto Remigio was out walking his dog when a trio of robbers entered the Washington Heights apartment early Saturday, one climbing through a window and letting in the two others, police sources told the Daily News.
Once inside, the home invaders encountered Remigio’s 40-year-old son and tied him up. The suspects stole a cell phone, $200 in cash and a pricy chain, cops said.
Remigio owns a nearby sneaker store and this is the third time his apartment has been burglarized, sources said. Cops suspect people in neighborhood believe he kept cash in the home.
When Remigio returned to the building on W. 161st St and Broadway about 4:40 a.m., the crooks were gone and his son had already called for help. Responding police asked Remigio for identification and he went into the room with the window that had been left open to get his ID, the sources said.
Cops heard a bang and looked out to see Remigio on the scaffolding beneath the window.
Sources said Remigio may have been intoxicated at the time of the fall. Police are still trying to determine if he fell or jumped, but suspect he accidentally fell to his death when he went to close the window left open by the crooks.
Cops are still looking for the robbers.