The 22-year-old man wanted for a violent home invasion and sexual assault of a 71-year-old woman was taken into police custody in North Carolina on Monday night, according to police.
A man wanted in connection with a home invasion and sexual assault of a senior citizen in Philadelphia is now in police custody, sources tell FOX 29's Steve Keeley.A Delaware man accused of entering a senior citizen's home through an unlocked door and assaulting her before forcing her to undress was arrested in North Carolina.
Zyree Downing, 22, is facing several charges including Rape, Burglary and Sexual Assault, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. Authorities believe Downing entered the home through an unlocked door and demanded money from the elderly victim. When she refused, investigators say Downing punched the victim in the head and back and started chocking her. He then forced the victim to disrobe and sexually assaulted her, according to police.
He is believed to have taken the victim's cell phone and credit card before fleeing in her gray 2014 Toyota Corolla.
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