West Linn police are on the scenes of two related overnight robberies that began when three robbers disguised as ninjas broke into a home late Thursday afternoon.

Police say the robbers rang the bell at a row house in the 2200-block of St. Moritz Loop in West Linn around 5 p.m. When a woman answered door, the armed trio forced her to the top floor, tied her up and ransacked the home. Then they laid in wait for her husband, Rick Rogoway, to come home several hours later, eventually forcing him to accompany them to his jewelry store, open the door and safes and watch them rob it.

West Linn police spokesman Sgt. Neil Hennelly says that after robbing the La Rog Brothers store in the 13000-block of SE 84th Avenue in Clackamas, the thieves drove Rick Rogoway home, and tied him up before driving away in his silver 1999 3-Series BMW, with Oregon tag WPR139.



Both Rogoways were able to get free and call 9-1-1 from a neighbor's home at 9:34 P.M.

"This was a targeted attack on this family and business" said Hennelly. "This was not random at all."

The robbery may sound familiar:

Officers from West Linn and Beaverton were comparing notes on the cases today, Hennelly said.

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