Suspect Arrested in Home Invasion That Targeted 89-Year-Old Woman

Authorities say Tommy Mitchell talked his way into the Clearwater woman's home last month, pushed her to the floor took and money from her. The homeless man was captured over the weekend in St. Petersburg.

The suspect in an August home invasion in which an 89-year-old Clearwater woman was robbed and shoved to the floor, has been captured, authorities said Monday. Tommy Mitchell, 42, was arrested by the St. Petersburg Police Department on Saturday after officers were notified by Clearwater detectives that he was staying in the area. A St. Petersburg Police officer made contact with Mitchell, who is homeless, on another case and arrested him, officials said. Clearwater detectives added charges of home invasion (two counts), burglary, battery on a person 65 or older (two counts) and tampering with a witness. Clearwater Police said Mitchell targeted the woman on Aug. 1, approaching her outside her home in the 100 block of Orangeview Avenue and …

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Gunshot Victim in Home Invasion Dies

Two masked suspects approached the 55-year-old man as he sat on his front porch.

ST. PETERSBURG – A 55-year-old St. Pete man shot in a home invasion robbery died Friday afternoon at Bayfront Medical Center. Angelo Jerome Barbery of 1405 Seventh Ave. N was shot once in the chest after midnight Thursday as he sat on the front porch outside his apartment. At about 2:45 a.m., two masked men walked up to Barbery. One of the men shot Barbery, and then the two walked into his apartment, according to police who interviewed witnesses. The men were in the apartment for a short time before leaving and fleeing the scene. Someone called 911, and police found the victim lying where he was shot. Police do not know if any items were removed from the apartment, and believe there may be a drug connection to the home invasion.

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