The Tribune

A MOTHER was abducted from her Paradise Island home yesterday morning by two teenagers who ordered her to drive them to a Carmichael Road bank, where she was forced to withdraw $3,500. Police reports were sketchy last night, but it is understood that the mother, the wife of a businessman, had taken her two children to school early that morning. She returned to her Paradise Island condominium around noon only to find two young people -- the boy might have been about 18 and the girl about 15 - loitering near the property. It is understood that someone walking in the area earlier that morning had seen the "children" hanging around and asked it they were looking for someone. No one paid too much attention to them, thinking they were looking for work. However, as the mother opened her front door, they moved in, tied her up with a rope and for three hours ransacked her home, stealing computers and laptops. It is understood that they had earlier tried unsuccessfully to enter the condominium. They were armed with a knife and hammer. It is understood that while they were going through the house they were talking on a cell phone to an adult in Nassau who was giving them instructions on what to look for and what to do. They threatened her and warned what would happen if she did anything foolish. They ordered her to take them to the Carmichael Road bank, where she was told that there was someone waiting inside who would be watching her to make certain that she did nothing to alert bank staff. She was dropped off at the bank. They avoided the bank's parking lot, but drove to a side area where they could watch her. According to the police, she withdrew $3,500. The police report said that her husband called 919 to report the incident. Police are investigating.