Connellsville couple and toddler held at gunpoint in home invasion
Two teens are behind bars after they allegedly held a couple at gunpoint, threatening to kill them and a toddler at a Gibson Terrace apartment early Wednesday.
Lorenzo Mike Oden, 18, of Uniontown and Malcolm J. Dyer, 18, of Connellsville were arrested separately Wednesday.
At about 1:45 a.m., they allegedly walked into an unlocked apartment with guns and demanded money. Oden took Alyssa Schroyer into the kitchen at gunpoint, while Dyer held Jason Showman Jr. in the living room at gunpoint, according to court paperwork filed in their cases.
The teens allegedly threatened to kill the couple and their 2-year-old child if they did not give them money. They collected about $2,500 and fled the scene, police said.
Police searched the woods, and a few minutes later learned Oden and Dyer were at a separate Gibson Terrace apartment. according to Connellsville Police Department Cpl. Bryan Kendi.
Connellsville and state police surrounded a separate Gibson Terrace apartment after learning Oden and Dyer were there. Both men fled out the back door, along with another man police had not identified as of Thursday afternoon. Police chased the men, but did not catch the suspects until later.
Kendi said Dyer was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Connellsville. Oden was arrested Wednesday night in Uniontown.
Oden and Dyer knew the couple, but police have not yet determined what their associations were to each other, Kendi said.
Oden and Dyer are both charged with burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, aggravated assault, robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, simple assault, terroristic threats, resisting arrest, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct.
Dyer was arraigned at 4 p.m. Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Ronald Haggerty Jr. and lodged in Fayette County Prison in lieu of a $50,000 bond.
Oden was arraigned at 11 p.m. Wednesday before on-call Magisterial District Judge Daniel C. Shimshock and lodged in Fayette County Prison in lieu of a $75,000 bond.