Nafis Fisher has been charged with burglary, aggravated assault, robbery, and related crimes for the Upper Southampton home invasion. Read more Yong Kim / Staff Photographer

by Vinny Vella Published Oct. 9, 2025, 12:03 p.m. ET

An Upper Southampton woman awakened Tuesday to a burglar pinning her to her bed, wielding a knife he had taken from her kitchen, police said Thursday. He had carried an extension cord from the home into the bedroom, apparently planning to bind her with it.

The woman and her family scared off the intruder, and he fled with her Apple AirPods in his pocket. Hours later, investigators said, those pilfered electronics led police right to him.

Nafis Fisher, 33, was taken into custody as he sat in a rented Honda sedan not far from his home in Port Richmond

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