Armed Florida Homeowner Shoots Serial Invader
Manatee, Florida ~ A string of home invasions that started in Manatee County ended when a homeowner shot one of the suspects in Clewiston.
Two 20-year-olds, a man and woman, were arrested and are suspected in the Saturday home invasion in Manatee County, where a 92-year-old man was beaten and pepper-sprayed, and another one in Polk County, where an 85-year-old woman was beaten.
According to the Clewiston Police Department, Luke Irons, of St. Petersburg, and Chrisanthe Apergis, of Seminole, armed with a BB pistol and a tire iron, forced their way into the home of two elderly homeowners at about 7 p.m. Sunday. The suspects struggled with the victims, a 74-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman. The man broke free, grabbed a handgun and fired twice at Irons, hitting him both times, according to a police report.
Irons and Apergis fled the home, but Irons collapsed in the driveway, where the police found him.
The two are suspected in the Manatee County crime, as well as the similar home invasion in Lakeland on Sunday. The Lakeland Police Department found the car of the 92-year-old Manatee County victim, a green Chevrolet Cavalier, at the scene of the Lakeland crime. The vehicle of the Lakeland victim, a 1999 Lincoln Town Car, was found at the Clewiston home invasion.
Manatee County sheriff's investigators on Monday were in Clewiston, a small agricultural town on the banks of Lake Okeechobee, taking statements for charges to be filed in Manatee County incident, according to Dave Bristow, spokesman for the sheriff's office.
"We extremely pleased there were captured," Bristow said. "They picked on the vulnerable by preying on the elderly."
Two 20-year-olds, a man and woman, were arrested and are suspected in the Saturday home invasion in Manatee County, where a 92-year-old man was beaten and pepper-sprayed, and another one in Polk County, where an 85-year-old woman was beaten.
According to the Clewiston Police Department, Luke Irons, of St. Petersburg, and Chrisanthe Apergis, of Seminole, armed with a BB pistol and a tire iron, forced their way into the home of two elderly homeowners at about 7 p.m. Sunday. The suspects struggled with the victims, a 74-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman. The man broke free, grabbed a handgun and fired twice at Irons, hitting him both times, according to a police report.
Irons and Apergis fled the home, but Irons collapsed in the driveway, where the police found him.
The two are suspected in the Manatee County crime, as well as the similar home invasion in Lakeland on Sunday. The Lakeland Police Department found the car of the 92-year-old Manatee County victim, a green Chevrolet Cavalier, at the scene of the Lakeland crime. The vehicle of the Lakeland victim, a 1999 Lincoln Town Car, was found at the Clewiston home invasion.
Manatee County sheriff's investigators on Monday were in Clewiston, a small agricultural town on the banks of Lake Okeechobee, taking statements for charges to be filed in Manatee County incident, according to Dave Bristow, spokesman for the sheriff's office.
"We extremely pleased there were captured," Bristow said. "They picked on the vulnerable by preying on the elderly."
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