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Fake Cable Guys Wanted for Robbing, Assaulting Providence Family with Taser Gun

John Eagan

     Providence Police are looking for two men claiming to be Cox Communication workers.
     They are suspects in a home invasion in which they allegedly robbed and assaulted a Providence family.    
     The events took place on Clarence Street in the Silver Lake section of Providence Wednesday night.
     24-year old Angel Semper and 26-year old Laedy Villar say the perpetrators claimed they were sent by the cable company to check their connection.
     Officials say the one of the suspects asked Semper to look closer at the TV, but as Semper was bending down the  robber tasered him in his neck numerous times.
     The bandits then found the couple's hidden money, making out with $6000 and two cell phones.
     They then fled with the couple's dodge minivan leaving both of them tied up.
     ABC 6 reporter Malini Basu has the story...

Safety tips for Cox Communications Customers:

-Our Home Service Technicians never enter a customer’s home without an appointment.

-As a matter of business, our customers always receive a confirmation phone call from the technician or Customer Care in advance of the appointment.

-Our Home Service Technicians always wear a Cox issued PHOTO ID and drive Cox-branded vehicles. 

-Sub-contractors drive vehicles with signage that says, “Contractor for Cox Communications” and have Cox issued PHOTO IDs.

-If a customer questions if a person is a Cox representative, they should not let them in the premises and call 383-2000 to confirm that the person is in fact a Cox representative.

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