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Man behind brutal Montgomery home invasion, bus stop robbery gets 48 years
A suspect who brutally attacked an elderly Montgomery woman in her home for a few dollars, has learned his fate and is behind bars.
Prosecutors wanted to see Tyrell Moore, 19, go away for good after traumatizing two women in two different crimes. But they acknowledge he did receive a hefty sentence- one they hope sends a message to anyone looking to target the elderly.
Martha Johnson has found strength in family, friends and those who've worked to make sure her attacker pays for what he did to her in her own home.
“He beat me crazy and I thank the Lord to live to see this day,” she said.
The 91-year-old spent days in the hospital after Moore, a total stranger, stormed into her West Montgomery home last year on May 10th, Mother's Day.
At first, Moore appeared in the locked screen door and Johnson asked him if he needed anything or if she could help with anything and he said no. Several minutes later, he forced the door open and demanded she give him money. She refused and he started choking her with his hands. Then, he removed his belt and put it around her neck and demanded money again. She refused and repeatedly punched her in the face with a closed fist.
He ransacked the house and grabbed a gift.
“What he took was her Mother's Day present that her son had given her, a card with some money in it. Not only that, but he beat it up to take it from her over $20 dollars,” said Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey. “It caused a lot of lasting injuries to her. Obviously, she's in fear of her life probably still today and has trouble coping with this incident and why it happened.”
Johnson ran out of the house yelling for help and he ran away and broke into another nearby house. Neighbors pointed police in the right direction and he was arrested.
“He thinks it's good to go around and beat up old people. That's not nice at all,” Johnson said.
Moore pleaded guilty in May to robbery and burglary in the home invasion and robbery in connection with a bus stop attack, which happened on April 30, 2015 on Rosa Parks Avenue in Montgomery.
The victim was waiting at the bus stop when Moore approached her and asked her what time the bus got there. Then he grabbed her purse but it was on her arm. A struggle ensued and Moore ended up dragging the victim on the ground before the strap on her purse broke and he ran off with it.
When Moore was arrested in the home invasion, authorities found that he matched the description from the bus stop robbery, which he confessed to.
On Monday, Judge Truman Hobbs sentenced Moore to 48 years for the robbery and burglary at Martha Johnson’s house and 10 years for the bus stop incident, which will run concurrent to the home invasion sentence.
Can't front if that was my moms I'd be out for blood like a motherfukker.
Man behind brutal Montgomery home invasion, bus stop robbery gets 48 years
A suspect who brutally attacked an elderly Montgomery woman in her home for a few dollars, has learned his fate and is behind bars.
Prosecutors wanted to see Tyrell Moore, 19, go away for good after traumatizing two women in two different crimes. But they acknowledge he did receive a hefty sentence- one they hope sends a message to anyone looking to target the elderly.
Martha Johnson has found strength in family, friends and those who've worked to make sure her attacker pays for what he did to her in her own home.
“He beat me crazy and I thank the Lord to live to see this day,” she said.
The 91-year-old spent days in the hospital after Moore, a total stranger, stormed into her West Montgomery home last year on May 10th, Mother's Day.
At first, Moore appeared in the locked screen door and Johnson asked him if he needed anything or if she could help with anything and he said no. Several minutes later, he forced the door open and demanded she give him money. She refused and he started choking her with his hands. Then, he removed his belt and put it around her neck and demanded money again. She refused and repeatedly punched her in the face with a closed fist.
He ransacked the house and grabbed a gift.
“What he took was her Mother's Day present that her son had given her, a card with some money in it. Not only that, but he beat it up to take it from her over $20 dollars,” said Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey. “It caused a lot of lasting injuries to her. Obviously, she's in fear of her life probably still today and has trouble coping with this incident and why it happened.”
Johnson ran out of the house yelling for help and he ran away and broke into another nearby house. Neighbors pointed police in the right direction and he was arrested.
“He thinks it's good to go around and beat up old people. That's not nice at all,” Johnson said.
Moore pleaded guilty in May to robbery and burglary in the home invasion and robbery in connection with a bus stop attack, which happened on April 30, 2015 on Rosa Parks Avenue in Montgomery.
The victim was waiting at the bus stop when Moore approached her and asked her what time the bus got there. Then he grabbed her purse but it was on her arm. A struggle ensued and Moore ended up dragging the victim on the ground before the strap on her purse broke and he ran off with it.
When Moore was arrested in the home invasion, authorities found that he matched the description from the bus stop robbery, which he confessed to.
On Monday, Judge Truman Hobbs sentenced Moore to 48 years for the robbery and burglary at Martha Johnson’s house and 10 years for the bus stop incident, which will run concurrent to the home invasion sentence.
Can't front if that was my moms I'd be out for blood like a motherfukker.
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