Posted on 01/09/2023 3:21:30 PM PST by nickcarraway
Four people have been arrested after robbing an older woman in December, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
Around 3 a.m., the suspects scared the woman in her sleep by wearing clown masks as they broke into her home on Dec. 1, 2022.
Deputies said the suspects were armed with a sledgehammer.
Arrest warrant, Orange County deputies responded to the burglary call in the Cypress Springs neighborhood.
The woman said she had locked her bedroom door, but she heard a banging noise, and two masked suspects broke the door.
Investigators said the woman had tried to call 911 on her cell phone, but the suspect with the sledgehammer took it out of her hands.
One of the suspects tore apart the room with the sledgehammer and found a safe in the closet. Deputies said the second suspect, a woman, consoled the older woman as she prayed, and said “everything is going to be OK.”
The report said the suspects fled the house with the safe and $40,000 worth of valuable items, but then the woman called call law enforcement with her house phone.
Deputies said home surveillance video led them to find the other suspects, including Melissa Martinez, 23, who later tried to sell the woman’s belongings at a pawn shop.
Investigators identified the other suspects in the robbery as Jaydie Cintron Mayoral, Nelson David Cruz and Shakira Rivera Colon.
Too bad the victim didn’t have a gun.
What about makeup remover?
“..Too bad the victim didn’t have a gun....”
Yep.
But it’s Californicate...she’d been thrown in the slammer for the rest of her life if she harmed a single hair on the “protected species”...especially with a gun.
I’m assuming Florida?
They knew what they were looking for.
Sounds like an inside job.
It’s Florida.
I’m assuming Florida based on WFTV reportage, makes it east of the Mississippi, and the improbability of there being a Cypress Springs New York...
Melissa Martinez, Jaydie Cintron Mayoral, Nelson David Cruz, Shakira Rivera Colon
-fJRoberts-
JWG masks - would scare the bejesus out of anybody.
WFTV = WTFTV
It is Florida, after all.
Oh, when the police are only ten minutes away - and every second counts!
535 people wearing clown masks break into our homes and steal from us every day.
Are they connected to a house keeper, lawn maintenance person?
I apologize to ya’ll...my bad.
My aim ain’t so great either these days....LOL
You only missed by 2700 miles, not bad in a huge universe, not bad at all!
Safe and effective?
Be sure to wear your mask.😷
Not that one you idiot. 👺
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