Two Arrests Made in Bizarre Home Invasion
By: BCHP News Staff
Updated: January 18, 2013
Arrests have been made in a bizarre home invasion that occurred Thursday in the Potosi area were two
masked men tied and held a man at gun point, and then robbed him.
The robbery took place on the 1200 block of Saddle Lakes Drive off of 83/84.
33-year-old Michael Conelius Pratt was arrested Thursday sitting in a car where an officer smelled burning marijuana coming from.
Pratt was in the passenger seat and also had meth on him. He is now facing drug charges as well as aggravated robbery.
He has a $250,000 bond on his robbery charge.
Gerrell Simmons was also arrested on the 3200 block of North First.
Police found a gun on him when he was arrested and he also confessed to the robbery.
The victim says they took guns, money and fired a gun once in his house before they tied him up and put a hood on him.
The robbery took place on the 1200 block of Saddle Lakes Drive off of 83/84.
33-year-old Michael Conelius Pratt was arrested Thursday sitting in a car where an officer smelled burning marijuana coming from.
Pratt was in the passenger seat and also had meth on him. He is now facing drug charges as well as aggravated robbery.
He has a $250,000 bond on his robbery charge.
Gerrell Simmons was also arrested on the 3200 block of North First.
Police found a gun on him when he was arrested and he also confessed to the robbery.
The victim says they took guns, money and fired a gun once in his house before they tied him up and put a hood on him.
Comments
"bizarre home invasion"? What was so bizarre? Sounds like it was done pretty much in the normal fashion to me. I hate misleading headlines. Disrespectful of the reader I say.
Dr. J.
January 19, 2013 at 10:11 am
