Elderly Couple Beaten In Their Pine Bluff Home
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
An elderly couple was beaten and tied up
after a man broke into their Pine Bluff home.
Police say 84-year-old Sam Owney and 72-year-old Willie James
were injured by a brick-wielding man who stole their car.
According to officers, James said she heard a knock at their
front door Friday night but didn`t open the door. About an hour
later, she said she heard a loud noise and the front door came
open.
Owney said a man came through the door, ran toward him and
started beating him with a brick. He said the man told them to give
him their money and pocket book.
He also said the man beat them for a while, then tied them both
up with clothes from their closet. Owney said the couple was tied
up for about a half-hour, until James was able to free herself and
call for help.
The couple`s Cadillac was later found elsewhere in the city.
