San Diego Woman Arrested in Home Invasion Robbery Attack in Vista
A San Diego Woman was taken into custody after an alleged attack on an elderly woman whom she knew during a Vista home invasion robbery, according to San Diego police.
The violent assault happened on Tuesday about 12:00 p.m. when Carey Lynn Barton, 47, came into the Vista home of a 71 year- old woman through a door that was unlocked. The attacker hit the elderly victim in the face while holding a knife to her throat; she tried to strangle the victim with a belt while demanding property.
The alleged attacker fled the scene in the victim’s car with stolen credit cards and warned the elderly victim not to report the San Diego violent crime to the police, according to Sheriff’s Detective Mike Hamerschlag.
Barton was taken into custody to Vista jail on Wednesday morning around 8:30 a.m. She was booked on assault with a deadly weapon, battery, dissuading a witness and suspicion of residential burglary and drug charges.
VISTA: Parolee arrested in attack on elderly woman, North County Times, February 10, 2010
Woman Attacks Another During Home Robbery, 10News.com, February 11, 2010
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