Masked robbers claimed to be with DEA, Jacksonville college student says

A local college student said a group of masked men with guns broke into his garage and were able to get inside his home. He said the armed robbers claimed to be with the federal government.

“We just heard, like, 'bang,'” said the student, who didn’t want to be identified.

It was early Sunday morning when the student and his friend heard several loud bangs on his door.

“We jumped up and put our hands out. They yelled 'law enforcement' and 'DEA', and they came in,” he said.

He told police their guns had green lasers and flashlights attached to them. One of the masked men ordered him and his friend to the ground.

“I look up in the mirror and I saw in the reflection of my dad’s mirror one of them with a gun aimed down at me, and he looked like his skin was crawling,” he said.

He said the armed men ransacked his Northwest Jax home and got away with guns and electronics.

He said one of the men told him to count to 700 before calling the police.

Once the men took off, he said, he was able to rush to his neighbor’s house and call for help.

“It’s just terrifying how someone can just come into your house, do that to you and get away with it so easily,” he said.

Cox Media Group