03-12-2007, 01:59 PM
I believe this is an all time low for thugs in Manatee County. This county is a cess pool of nothingness. Same thing over and over.
BRADENTON -- A thief stole a 92-year-old man's car after beating and robbing him Saturday in his trailer at El Rancho Village, authorities said.
Neighbors of the victim, Glenn Billups, said a man and a woman first asked to use the telephone at about 11 a.m. Once inside the mobile home, Billups was pepper-sprayed and beaten.
The thieves, who drove in a van to Billups' trailer in the 500 block of 44th Avenue East, stole money and the victim's green Chevy Cavalier convertible. Authorities said the robbery appears to be random.
Billups was injured in the attack; paramedics took him to Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, where he remained Saturday afternoon.
Manatee County sheriff's Lt. Dennis Cunningham said the victim's injuries were not life-threatening. "Due to his age, we consider this a heinous crime," Cunningham said Saturday.
Authorities were searching for the Cavalier late Saturday. A crime scene investigator snapped pictures of the victim's mobile home.
Neighbors said they were shocked at the crime and urged residents of the park, open to those 55 years and up, to not answer the door to strangers. El Rancho Village is about a mile from DeSoto Square Mall.
BRADENTON -- A thief stole a 92-year-old man's car after beating and robbing him Saturday in his trailer at El Rancho Village, authorities said.
Neighbors of the victim, Glenn Billups, said a man and a woman first asked to use the telephone at about 11 a.m. Once inside the mobile home, Billups was pepper-sprayed and beaten.
The thieves, who drove in a van to Billups' trailer in the 500 block of 44th Avenue East, stole money and the victim's green Chevy Cavalier convertible. Authorities said the robbery appears to be random.
Billups was injured in the attack; paramedics took him to Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, where he remained Saturday afternoon.
Manatee County sheriff's Lt. Dennis Cunningham said the victim's injuries were not life-threatening. "Due to his age, we consider this a heinous crime," Cunningham said Saturday.
Authorities were searching for the Cavalier late Saturday. A crime scene investigator snapped pictures of the victim's mobile home.
Neighbors said they were shocked at the crime and urged residents of the park, open to those 55 years and up, to not answer the door to strangers. El Rancho Village is about a mile from DeSoto Square Mall.