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Duo Robbed Capital District Man, Forced Him To Withdraw Cash From ATM, Police Say

Two suspects are behind bars after allegedly breaking into a man’s home in the region and robbing him.

New York State Police arrested two suspects accused of robbing a Catskill man Thursday, Sept. 1.

New York State Police arrested two suspects accused of robbing a Catskill man Thursday, Sept. 1.

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State Police in Greene County were called just before 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, by a Catskill man who said he was robbed at a home in the Jefferson Heights area.

The victim told police two suspects, a man and a woman, had entered the home before the man struck him in the face.

They took his cell phone, $12 in cash, his state ID card, a bank card, and a Medicare card, police said.

After taking his possessions, the female robber then forced him to drive to an ATM and withdraw $540 from his account, he told police.

She reportedly gave the victim his phone back before leaving the area with the male suspect.

Investigators later identified the pair as Clyde Wilburn, age 48, and Jessica Collazo, age 32, both of Catskill.

Police located Collazo the following day, Friday, Sept. 2, and arrested her on charges of first-degree robbery. She was arraigned in the Town of Catskill Court and ordered held at the Greene County jail.

Wilburn was found Saturday, Sept. 3, at the Catskill Inn on route 9W. He was arraigned on a single charge of first-degree robbery before being transferred to the Greene County jail.

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