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economist sunsuntribune news saturday jan 10 2004 robbers hold family prisoner by martin derbyshire staff writer york regional police are on the hunt for four men after an armed home inva sion in whitchurch- stouffville thursday police say just after 730 pm a 40yearold resident pulled into the garage of his kennedy and vandorf roads home when he was approached by four people one brandishing a handgun the victim was bound with a cord taken into his home and robbed of cash police say the victims 40- yearold wife and two daugh ters seven and nine were also forcibly confined the victim was then forced to take one of the sus pects to his business in toronto to retrieve more cash while the others remained at the residence with his wife and children none of the family suf fered any injuries one suspect is described as a man with a dark com plexion fivefeet 10inches tall with a slim build in his early 20s he was wearing a black bandanna and dark hooded sweatshirt the second is a light skinned black man fivefeet eightinches tall and about 170 pounds he is approxi mately 30 and wearing a dark jacket dark pants leather gloves and sunglasses the third is a black male approximately 20 to 25 five- feet nineinches tall and 180 pounds he wore a black bandanna midlength black leather jacket dark hooded sweatshirt black pants gloves and shoes the fourth suspect is a fivefoot eightinchtall black man approximately 170 pounds wearing a light coloured hooded sweatsliirt and a dark bandanna anyone with information can call the holdup bureau at 9058811221 or crime stoppers at 1800222ws correction store coowner misquoted a story in the jan 8 markham economist sun and stouffville suntribune misquoted rob serrie of global pet food mr serrie coowner of the markham store did not com pare pet food brands go natural and eagle the economist sun and suntribune regret the errors davys private tutorial service remedial upgrading programs in math reading grade 38 students one on one basis or in groups 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