Seal Beach, Orange County - A suspect has been arrested in a home-invasion robbery of a 90-year-old woman in Seal Beach, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
On Wednesday morning the elderly woman walked out of her home to get her newspaper, and that is when two men confronted the woman with one of them holding a handgun against the woman's neck, according to sheriffs'.
The woman was tied to a chair and her head was covered with a towel while the men searched the home for valuables, according to sheriff investigators.
Anytime there is a home robbery it is always charged as a felony first-degree robbery, says Westminster criminal attorney Michael L. Guisti.
The crime of robbery, explains Guisti, is taking property that didn't belong to you from that owner's personal possession or immediate presence against that person's will using some kind of force or threat.
First degree robbery is when a suspects robs a bank, robs a house, robs somebody using an ATM or robs a business, and second-degree robbery is basically something like mugging, according to Guisti.
A conviction of first-degree robbery that was done with another suspect carries a sentence between three-to-nine years in a state prison.
The suspect also faces the serious charge of burglary and, according to Guisti, will likely face the felony charge of first-degree burglary.
Burglary, says Guisti, is when a suspect planned to commit a felony or petty theft before entering a store or house.
First-degree burglary is always charged as a felony, says Guisti.
Second-degree burglary is typical found in shoplifting cases and other commercial burglary cases, but, explains Guisti, unlike first-degree burglary there is a very good defense on whether or not you really thought about committing a crime before going inside the commercial building, or if you just took advantage of what you thought was a perfect opportunity to stuff an item in your pants.
If the suspects are convicted of first-degree burglary they could face between two-to-six years in prison, according to Guisti.
Burglary and robbery are very serious crimes with severe punishments if convicted, and that is why if you or somebody you know are facing these charges you need to call the Orange County theft crimes attorney experts at the Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti at 888-478-8999.
Even with serious charges against you understand our decade of experience shows we get our client's severe criminal charges successfully dismissed, reduced or found not guilty in the courts of Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.
So please, give us a call so we can begin putting these serious charges behind you.
