A 71-year-old Jersey City man says he was threatened by a man and a woman armed with a knife during a bizarre home invasion in which the couple swiped food from his refrigerator and told him they were hungry.
Luis Rosales says he answered his apartment door the afternoon of March 29 and was greeted by a man and a woman armed with an 8-inch kitchen knife forcing their way inside.
"I say 'help me, help,' he put the hand, he held my mouth, he said, 'shut up,'" Rosales told NBC 4 New York in limited English.
He said he didn't fight back.
"He grabbed a knife, he said, 'Be quiet or I'll kill you,' I said, 'OK, no problem, I promise I won't cry,'" Rosales said in Spanish.
The suspects pepper-sprayed him in the eyes while they ransacked his apartment. They went straight for his fridge and took some yogurt and chicken.
"She told me, 'Papi, sorry, I'm hungry,' like that, touching the stomach, 'I'm hungry,'" said Rosales.
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The two also grabbed Rosales' wallet before running off. He said he wasn't hurt, and despite everything that happened to him, he said he's not angry.
Police are still looking for the suspects.
