Police arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with an Upper Westville home invasion — and said the alleged perpetrator and victim already knew each other.
Police announced the arrest Friday.
The home invasion took place after 11 p.m. Tuesday on Stevenson Road, near the Yale Golf Course. Three men allegedly pointed a gun at the homeowner there, in front of his young children; robbed him; followed him to his car when he said he had more money there; then locked him in the trunk.
Detectives developed names of three suspects, including the one arrested Friday, according to police spokesman Officer David Hartman.
“As the investigation progressed, the victim eventually came forward and admitted knowing” the eventually arrested man personally, Hartman stated in a press release.
Police obtained both an arrest warrant for the suspect. and a search warrant for the suspect’s West Division Street home. “When they executed the search warrant, they recovered two loaded handguns, items taken during the home invasion, a box of ammunition and a pound of marijuana,” Hartman reported.
Now the suspect faces a long list of charges: “home invasion, conspiracy to commit home invasion, first degree burglary, conspiracy to commit first degree burglary, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, second degree assault, conspiracy to commit second degree assault, second degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second degree larceny and two counts of risk of injury to children.”
Was the pound of marijuana taken from the victim's home?