2 Accused Of Following, Robbing Elderly Residents In St. Pete

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- St. Petersburg Police detectives have arrested two people for following elderly residents home from stores and then robbing them as they unloaded their shopping bags.

Shagontha Legrand, 31, and Raven Mitchell, 21, were arrested Thursday night, April 13, following a police stakeout.

Police say they followed a 95-year-old woman home from the grocery store on April 8 and stole her purse after she parked in front of her home. The victim was still in the car at the time. She was not injured.

Legrand and Mitchell were connected to a similar case involving a 90-year-old woman April 10. In that case, the robbers searched the victim's car and trunk after she returned from the grocery store. They didn't find anything to steal, but a witness provided police with the getaway car's tag number, which led detectives to Legrand and Mitchell.

On Thursday night, detectives watched as the pair pulled into the Walgreens parking lot at 900 49th St. N., enter an unlocked sports utility vehicle and steal a purse.

They were arrested and the property was returned to the owner.

Mitchell and Legrand each face charges for:

- burglary of an unoccupied conveyance (felony)

- burglary of an occupied conveyance (felony)

- possession of marijuana (misdemeanor).

They also have charges connected to cases in Pinellas Park.

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