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05-21-2009, 12:35 PM
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI121327/
Disabled man assaulted and robbed by two men
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.
On May 6, two teens snatched a necklace from a 66-year-old woman aboard a Metro Transit bus. "It's horrible. With me, if I ever catch one, good night," said Lionel Adams, Carrera's neighbor.
Smiling with his neighbor more than 10 days later, Carrera is still determined to find the two men young enough to be his grandsons. "Of course I want them caught, and if I see them I'd recognize them," he said.
If you have any information on this assault and robbery, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward.
Disabled man assaulted and robbed by two men
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.
On May 6, two teens snatched a necklace from a 66-year-old woman aboard a Metro Transit bus. "It's horrible. With me, if I ever catch one, good night," said Lionel Adams, Carrera's neighbor.
Smiling with his neighbor more than 10 days later, Carrera is still determined to find the two men young enough to be his grandsons. "Of course I want them caught, and if I see them I'd recognize them," he said.
If you have any information on this assault and robbery, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward.