Man Who Attacked Elderly Woman Charged Wednesday

A Los Angeles man was charged Wednesday with residential burglary and other crimes stemming from an alleged attack on a 79-year-old South Pasadena woman who was overpowered and beaten.

Alonzo Bernard Johnson, 49, is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 17 in Alhambra Superior Court on one count each of first-degree burglary with a person present, first-degree residential robbery and kidnapping to commit another crime.

The criminal complaint also alleges that Johnson personally inflicted great bodily injury on a victim over 70, personally used a knife and has seven criminal convictions dating back to 1981 for burglary, theft and attempted robbery.

Authorities said the woman was threatened with a paring knife taken from her kitchen on the 1000 block on Indiana Avenue.

She was allegedly struck in the face by her assailant's fists and taken to various parts of the home to try to find money Monday morning. The attacker fled from the home with a fistful of jewelry when the woman's grandchildren arrived, according to authorities.

Johnson was arrested a short time later. His arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 17 in Dept. 5 of Alhambra Superior Court, 150 W. Commonwealth Ave. If convicted, he faces life in state prison with the possibility of parole, according to the District Attorney's Office.

The elderly woman remains hospitalized in stable condition and is expected to recover, said Deputy District Attorney Michael Michelena.

—City News Service

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