Just after midnight last Wednesday night, neighbors on Reservoir Place, a block away from Williamsbridge Oval Park in Norwood (and around the corner from the offices of the Norwood News), were disturbed to find a small army of cops and a group of Asians standing in front of a row house on the block.
Earlier that evening, police said a group of armed robbers had called to order Chinese food at 284 Reservoir Place, a two-story wood house containing at least 10 single room occupancies (SROs).
When one of the occupants opened the door after a Chinese delivery man knocked, the armed robbers rushed into the house and rounded up all the residents into a room upstairs.
“Where’s the money? Where’s the drugs?” the robbers said, according to police.
It’s unclear exactly what was stolen from the house, but after a thorough search, police uncovered hundreds of small plastic packages that police said were probably used for packaging heroin.
Neighbors said it was common to see people going in and out of the house at all hours of the night.
Police spent the next day standing watch in front of the house and talking to residents passing by. They referred the illegal amount of SROs to the Buildings Department.

