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Elderly woman tied to chair in Laurel office, robbed at gunpoint

Laurel police say an elderly woman was tied up and robbed at gunpoint at an office Wednesday afternoon.

Police were called at about 5 p.m. to a building in the 300 block of Compton Avenue that is split between a law office and a real estate company. The victim, a co-owner of the building whose name and age were not made available, had been tied to a chair in the law office by three men, one armed with a handgun, according to Laurel City spokesman James Collins.

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The men soon fled with a small amount of cash and a few checks. Witnesses saw three men run to a compact silver vehicle parked about half a block away before driving off, police said.

The woman was able to get free after about 45 minutes. She was not injured, Collins said.

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