ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — An Orlando pastor’s spouse was severely injured Friday after police mentioned a person broke into the couple’s dwelling and launched a brutal assault.
Orlando police mentioned they obtained studies of a house invasion on Caribbean Courtroom round 1:46 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31.
William Curl reportedly referred to as 911 after arriving dwelling and discovering his spouse, Lucy, severely battered of their automobile within the storage. Officers mentioned Lucy was urgent on the horn for assist.
She was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Heart, the place, as of Monday, she remained in vital situation, in keeping with studies by NBC affiliate WESH.
William informed authorities the suspect was an unknown Black man. Police later discovered the suspect, recognized as Ronald Davis, 55, of Orlando, sleeping inside a shed just a few miles away from the couple’s dwelling.
An arrest affidavit obtained by WESH said that Davis had gone as much as the couple’s dwelling and knocked on the door, claiming to be a “neighborhood service officer.”
When Lucy answered, he informed her he wanted to examine the house. Lucy requested to see his ID, however after flashing his driver’s license, Davis reportedly pressured his method into the house. That is when Lucy was “brutally attacked,” officers mentioned.
Police mentioned Davis was launched from jail in June 2024 after serving a 15-year concurrent sentence for comparable fees: housebreaking of a dwelling with assault and battery, in addition to theft.
He’s now dealing with fees for dwelling invasion theft with a weapon, aggravated battery on an individual over 65 with nice bodily hurt, and aggravated battery with a weapon, in keeping with Orlando police.
“I feel we should be sensible about what we do with our former inmates and the way we monitor them,” Roman Marchuk, an Airbnb visitor within the neighborhood, informed WESH. “As a result of this retains occurring, and it is upsetting.”
The senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Orlando mentioned Lucy and her husband have each been on employees on the church for a few years. Neighbors additionally informed reporters that the couple has had a significant influence on the neighborhood.
“They’re like beacons of this neighborhood, and I by no means thought that this could occur. It simply breaks my coronary heart,” their neighbor Ann Hoskinson mentioned.
