Halifax man charged in two random home invasions involving women in their 80s
HALIFAX — The same man is allegedly responsible for two random home invasions this week involving women in their 80s, Halifax police said Friday as they announced charges against a 43-year-old suspect.
Paul Alexander Sponagle has been charged in attacks that were one day, and a few blocks, apart.
Eighty-five-year-old Jeanette MacDonald said she was punched in the face by a stranger, and dragged out of her basement apartment late Tuesday after she heard banging outside and opened her front door.
“The suspect demanded money and stated he had a gun although none was seen,” police said in a statement released Friday.