A.V. MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING ELDERLY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services TORRANCE - An Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley man has been charged with robbing elderly women at gunpoint and leaving them tied up in their apartments in two home-invasion robberies at a Torrance senior citizens complex, police said. Michael O'Neal, 41, was arrested Monday after undercover Torrance police officers followed him from his Antelope Valley home to Torrance and watched him drive around residential areas as if he were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. someone to rob, police said. Police began watching O'Neal after getting a tip last week that he might be involved in the robberies, which took place Aug. 6 and Nov. 18. When police stopped him Monday in Torrance, they found in his vehicle a loaded gun and other items linking him to the robberies, authorities said. A search of his home later turned up other evidence, police said. Police would not disclose where he lived, other than in the Antelope Valley. They also would not disclose any specific link to the New Horizons senior citizens complex. ``There is a connection,'' said Torrance police Lt. Rod Irvine. The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County District Attorney's Office's Elder Abuse Elder Abuse Definition Elder abuse is a general term used to describe harmful acts toward an elderly adult, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial exploitation, and neglect, including self-neglect. Unit filed charges of robbery, elder abuse, false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. , burglary, theft and weapons charges Thursday morning, Irvine said. The investigation is continuing, police said. In the Nov. 18 robbery, a woman was returning to her home after checking the mail when a man followed her through a sliding glass door. He pulled out a handgun, asked her where her jewelry was, then bound her, Irvine said. The robber ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. the home before fleeing with jewelry and a small amount of cash. Like the Aug. 6 robbery, the crime occurred in broad daylight - about 1 p.m., Irvine said. |
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