Crime & Safety
Police: Boy, 14, Wanted for 'Brutally' Beating Elderly Hemet Woman
Raymond Michael Miranda of San Jacinto is wanted in connection with the April 17 attack on an 87-year-old woman, who remains hospitalized in critical condition, according to police.
A search was underway Thursday for a 14-year-old boy suspected with another boy of severely beating a Hemet senior while burglarizing her apartment.
Raymond Michael Miranda of San Jacinto is wanted in connection with the April 17 attack at the Camelot Independent Living Facility in the 800 block of West Oakland Avenue.
Miranda's alleged cohort, a 15-year-old boy whose identity has not been released, was arrested shortly after the assault and is being held at Southwest Juvenile Hall in Murrieta.
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"The Hemet Police Department does not normally release the names and photographs of juvenile suspects, but due to the serious nature of this case, an exception was made in an effort to protect the public and aid in the capture of the suspect," said Lt. Dean Evans.
He said the 87-year-old victim was "brutally beaten" and remains hospitalized.
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CBS2 News reported that neighbors learned the boys poured bleach on the woman in the attack.
According to the Hemet lieutenant, at about 3 a.m. April 17, the woman was asleep and awoke to find "intruders," who attacked her.
"Officers conducted an extensive area search, which included the use of a bloodhound. However, they were unable to locate the suspects in the area," Evans said. "Based on evidence located in the surrounding area, it appears that the suspects had also committed several acts of vandalism prior to entering the victim's residence."
According to Evans, detectives received tips pointing to the 15-year-old as one of the assailants and, with the help of anti-gang investigators, tracked him down in the 1000 block of State Street, where he was apprehended following a brief struggle.
Miranda is described as 5-foot-1 and 110 pounds, with brown eyes and short black hair. He has no fixed address and may be staying in either Hemet or San Jacinto, according to police.
A wanted poster is available at http://ca-hemet.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/2427
Anyone with information was asked to call the Hemet Police Department Investigations Bureau at (951) 765-2400.
– City News Service.
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