Man accused of assaulting 2 elderly women in their homes NBC4 Washington [Video]

A man broke into two homes in Montgomery County, Maryland, and assaulted elderly women, police said.

Police identified Devin Jones as a suspect from a fingerprint left at one of the scenes.

“This was a terrifying event in a community where we have an increasingly large senior community, and, quite candidly, I think it is wonderful that some members of our senior community are aging in place in their homes, and that’s what we have here,” State’s Attorney John McCarthy said. “It’s very sad to hear something like that.”

At about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Jones used a brick to break the window of a home on Greencastle Road in the Burtonsville area, police said. He sexually assaulted an 88-year-old woman before attempting to drown her in a bathtub. The man then walked into her living room, took one of her hats, put it on and walked out the door.

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