Robbers target EDC home with pot, cash

An El Dorado County woman woke up in bed about 1:15am Saturday to find a man pointing a handgun a her. He demanded money and pot.

“When the gunman found the marijuana, he had the female go into the living room where she was bound by the gunman and a male accomplice. While tied up, the victim noticed a third male in her house,” sheriff’s deputies said in a press release.

The home invasion robbery occurred in the 3000 block of Winter Creek Road in Mount Aukum.

The victim was able to get loose to call her husband after the suspects left.

The suspects are described as:

• The gunman: Hispanic male, adult, clean shaven in his late 20s, wearing a grey beanie, a plain grey sweat shirt and blue jeans.
• The accomplice: A male with a small build, wearing a red ski mask, black sweat shirt, blue jeans, black tennis shoes with a silver stripe on the side.
• The third male: A male with a small build wearing a black ski mask, black sweat shirt, and blue jeans.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report