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Thieves rob Ames apartment Thursday afternoon Iowa State University police are searching for five men who are accused of burglarizing an Ames apartment Thursday afternoon. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT THE FIVE GUYS WHO ROBBED THE STUDENT APARTMENT COMPLEX. BUT THEY SAY NO ONE IS IN DANGER AT THIS TIME. JUST BEFORE 2:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE BLACK MEN FORCEFULLY ENTERED AN APARTMENT IN THIS COMPLEX. >> ONE MALE WAS DESCRIBED AS HOLDING POSSIBLY A LONG GUN OR A RIFLE OF SOME SORT, ORDERED THE TWO OCCUPANTS DOWN TO THE GROUND, AND TOOK SOME CASH AND A CELL PHONE. >> THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IS A COUPLE MILES AWAY FROM CAMPUS AND IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS USUALLY QUIET. >> A LOT OF SMALL CHILDREN AND STUFF AND YOU HEAR THEM PLAYING SOMETIMES. IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD ATMOSPHERE. >> JACK ERMISCH WAS HOME WHEN THE ROBBERY HAPPENED, BUT HE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. >> MY MOM SENT A TEXT THAT SAID I GOT A CALL FROM MY MOM THAT , WAS LIKE, DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A ROBBERY IN YOUR BUILDING? I WAS LIKE, ACTUALLY NO. SO, I CHECKED MY EMAIL AND THERE WAS AN EMAIL ABOUT THE FACT THAT FIVE GUYS ROBBED AN APARTMENT THREE DOORS DOWN. >> SUE OSORIO'S BACKYARD BACKS UP TO THE APARTMENT BUILDING THAT WAS ROBBED AND SHE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL I KNOCKED ON HER DOOR. >> VERY DISTURBING. I RUN AN INHOME DAYCARE AND I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED SO I COULD LOCK DOWN. >> POLICE SAY THEY'VE SEARCHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOUND NO SIGNS OF THE FIVE MEN. THEY'RE CALLING IT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND TOLD STUDENTS IT'S ALL CLEAR. >> STILL VERY WORRIED, ACTUALLY,