Suspect arrested after assaulting housekeeper in Massachusetts mansion robbery
Imajai Brown, 25, was charged with home invasion, kidnapping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, witness intimidation, armed assault of a dwelling, larceny over $1,200, nighttime entry into a building with intent to commit a felony, theft of a motor vehicle, and armed robbery.
Brown was taken into custody in Gloucester and prosecutors said he poses a danger to the community, according to Boston 25 News.
On the morning of March 28, a neighbor on Pine Street in Beverly, Massachusetts, called 911 to report a home invasion.
Police hunt for armed suspect after he attacked a house guard in a luxury mansion robbery: report
Imajai Brown, 25, faces nine charges, including home invasion, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and kidnapping. (Daniel Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Investigators learned that two armed suspects broke into the palace, assaulted a housekeeper who was inside the house, and tied her up before leaving with several valuables. The housekeeper was the only person in the house at the time of the incident.
During the robbery, the suspects allegedly snatched the housekeeper’s phone and threw it into the ocean, according to CBS Boston. They also allegedly made her find bleach and put valuables in garbage bags.
“What they did to my housekeeper was horrific,” homeowner Thomas Swan III told WCVB last month after the robbery.
He added: “She was held at gunpoint, sometimes dragged by her hair, and then eventually tied up and left in the garage. She’s really, really special, but she’s really traumatized by this, truly traumatized.”
The housekeeper was the only person in the house at the time of the break-in. (Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
After the suspects left, the housekeeper escaped and went to a neighbor’s house to ask for help. She was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
“She went on to tell investigators that the suspect was pointing a firearm at her head and escorting her around the house,” the prosecutor said in court Tuesday, according to CBS Boston.
One thief He fled the scene with several valuables, including money and gold, in a Porsche stolen from the house. Police later found that car several miles away near a cemetery in Lynn.
Ring cameras were able to locate Brown, who was tracked through phone surveillance to New York City, where he was allegedly meeting with a jewelry dealer, according to Boston 25 News.
Photo of 34 Pine Street in Beverly, Massachusetts, where an armed robbery occurred. (Daniel Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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Local and federal authorities eventually found more than $300,000 and several gold items in his car, the outlet reported.
Police also said Brown was the ex-boyfriend of another housekeeper who worked at the home. The prosecutor said they learned Brown had an open domestic charge from an incident at the Encore Boston Harbor Casino.
Brown was ordered held without bail until his next hearing on April 21.
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