http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI121327/
Video: Disabled man assaulted; possessions stolen
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Miami-Dade Police said a disabled man was entering a parking lot when two male suspects took turns beating and robbing him while he was down.
On May 8, surveillance video captured 66-year-old Seledonio Carrera riding his motorized wheelchair through the parking lot of his apartment complex when a young man ran up behind him. "He threw me from the wheelchair, and I fell to the floor. I punched him here, and I busted his lip, and I began fighting with him," said Carrera, a retired truck driver who has had several strokes and a heart attack.
The young man punched and kicked Carrera multiple times before another assailant showed up right after. Police believe the two robbers got away with his chain and medallion.
Carrera sustained injuries to his arm and back. He believes the men targeted him after he visited a friend at the University of Miami hospital and followed him on the Metrorail back to his home in the Ward Towers on Northwest 53rd Street. "They're there watching the elderly and those who are handicap to rob them," said Carrera.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
'Sickos who stole my wheelchair are just scumbags!'
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/39Sickos-who-stole-my-wheelchair.5283684.jp
Published Date: 20 May 2009
By LAURA CUMMINGS
A MAN who had his legs amputated after being beaten, burnt and left for dead in a brutal attack has had his specialist wheelchair stolen while in London to audition for a TV role.
Edinburgh-born Ian Colquhoun was left disabled after the horrific assault, which saw him attacked with a pick-axe handle and set on fire in a raid on his former home in Ireland in December 2002.
Now a successful author and actor, Mr Colquhoun had just finished an audition for the part of a concerned relative of a cancer patient in an episode of Doctors at the BBC television centre in London's White City last month, when three men – thought to be in their late-teens or early-20s – made off with his wheelchair.
The 31-year-old from Blackford described how the chair came to be stolen: "I was sitting at a picnic table outside the television centre in the afternoon. I had my prosthetic legs on and I had left my wheelchair on the grass no more than 12-15 yards behind where I was sitting. "I was having an informal chat with the producer and assistant about the possibility of appearing on a Horizon programme about stem cell research.
I even joked with them that nobody would steal my wheelchair."It happened in the blink of an eye – I had my back to the three men who took it. We clocked that it had vanished and the producer chased after them."The thieves were caught doing stunts on the black Invacare Zipper 2 – which is worth around £300 – on CCTV but police never managed to find the culprits or the wheelchair, and the case has now been closed. The wheelchair is different from usual models as the wheels are set further back, where most of the weight is carried.
Published Date: 20 May 2009
By LAURA CUMMINGS
A MAN who had his legs amputated after being beaten, burnt and left for dead in a brutal attack has had his specialist wheelchair stolen while in London to audition for a TV role.
Edinburgh-born Ian Colquhoun was left disabled after the horrific assault, which saw him attacked with a pick-axe handle and set on fire in a raid on his former home in Ireland in December 2002.
Now a successful author and actor, Mr Colquhoun had just finished an audition for the part of a concerned relative of a cancer patient in an episode of Doctors at the BBC television centre in London's White City last month, when three men – thought to be in their late-teens or early-20s – made off with his wheelchair.
The 31-year-old from Blackford described how the chair came to be stolen: "I was sitting at a picnic table outside the television centre in the afternoon. I had my prosthetic legs on and I had left my wheelchair on the grass no more than 12-15 yards behind where I was sitting. "I was having an informal chat with the producer and assistant about the possibility of appearing on a Horizon programme about stem cell research.
I even joked with them that nobody would steal my wheelchair."It happened in the blink of an eye – I had my back to the three men who took it. We clocked that it had vanished and the producer chased after them."The thieves were caught doing stunts on the black Invacare Zipper 2 – which is worth around £300 – on CCTV but police never managed to find the culprits or the wheelchair, and the case has now been closed. The wheelchair is different from usual models as the wheels are set further back, where most of the weight is carried.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Man arrested for robberies in Old Louisville has long criminal history
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/stories/whas11_localnews_090518_OldLouisvilleArrest.180bcaeb.html
(WHAS11) -An arrest was made Monday in connection with what police are describing as a rash of robberies.
It involves elderly victims in the Old Louisville neighborhood.
In looking at the arrest documents released Monday, we've discovered that these crimes were even more brutal than we originally thought.
Terrence Johnson
An elderly woman was literally pulled out of her wheelchair, thrown on a bed and assaulted.
(WHAS11) -An arrest was made Monday in connection with what police are describing as a rash of robberies.
It involves elderly victims in the Old Louisville neighborhood.
In looking at the arrest documents released Monday, we've discovered that these crimes were even more brutal than we originally thought.
Terrence Johnson
An elderly woman was literally pulled out of her wheelchair, thrown on a bed and assaulted.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Lorain County man uses life alert necklace to call for help when attacked
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/wheelchairbound_man_uses_life.html
Lorain County man uses life alert necklace to call for help when attacked
Posted by Michael Sangiacomo/Plain Dealer Reporter May 07, 2009 14:16PM
Categories: Breaking News, Crime
Lorain County JailMichael UnwinSHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP - A man used a life alert necklace to call for help when a burglar broke into his home and assaulted him. Michael Williams, 52, was in his apartment on Lincoln Road Tuesday night when two burglars forced their way inside through a window.
Lorain County Sheriff Deputies said Williams told them he was watching television when the intruders crawled through his window.He said the men knocked him out of his wheelchair, which he has used since a stroke, and stole $600 and his ATM card.
Police said it appears one of the attackers used a ceramic dish to hit the victim on the head, which accounted for the bleeding gash on his forehead.
At some point during the assault, Williams was able to activate his life alert necklace which alerted EMS. They called police. The intruders were gone when police arrived.
Williams was treated at Community Health Partners for the cut forehead and bruises on his arms, legs and face. Investigators focused on the friend of the victim's son, who had been in the apartment in the past.
Lorain County man uses life alert necklace to call for help when attacked
Posted by Michael Sangiacomo/Plain Dealer Reporter May 07, 2009 14:16PM
Categories: Breaking News, Crime
Lorain County JailMichael UnwinSHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP - A man used a life alert necklace to call for help when a burglar broke into his home and assaulted him. Michael Williams, 52, was in his apartment on Lincoln Road Tuesday night when two burglars forced their way inside through a window.
Lorain County Sheriff Deputies said Williams told them he was watching television when the intruders crawled through his window.He said the men knocked him out of his wheelchair, which he has used since a stroke, and stole $600 and his ATM card.
Police said it appears one of the attackers used a ceramic dish to hit the victim on the head, which accounted for the bleeding gash on his forehead.
At some point during the assault, Williams was able to activate his life alert necklace which alerted EMS. They called police. The intruders were gone when police arrived.
Williams was treated at Community Health Partners for the cut forehead and bruises on his arms, legs and face. Investigators focused on the friend of the victim's son, who had been in the apartment in the past.
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