A Texas man with a protracted rap sheet has been arrested after police say he burst into a house and stabbed his 58-year-old mom after she refused at hand over her pockets to him.
Joseph Anthony Abreu, 35, allegedly kicked down the door of the Houston residence at round 3:15 p.m. native time on Saturday and as soon as inside, demanded his mom’s pockets.
When she didn’t comply, Abreu pushed her and stabbed her, Houston police say. The Farnsworth Avenue house is about six miles north of Downtown Houston. It’s unclear if the house is his mom’s residence.
Joseph Anthony Abreu, 35, kicked down the door of a Houston residence and stabbed his mom after she refused to offer him her pockets, police say. (Houston Police Division )
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Abreu, a convicted felon, then fled the scene earlier than police arrived, however was apprehended on Sunday.
The sufferer was transported to an space hospital in steady situation, police say.
Abreu has been charged with aggravated assault of a member of the family and housebreaking with intent to commit different felony.
Police say that Joseph Anthony Abreu fled the scene however was apprehended on Sunday (Houston Police Division)
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This isn’t Abreu’s first run-in with the legislation.
Fox 26 Houston reported that in 2015 Abreu was convicted of prostitution with three or extra priors in Harris County.
In 2021, Abreu tried to buy a gun from an Academy Sports activities and Open air, regardless of it being unlawful below Texas legislation for a convicted felon to be in possession of a firearm.
Court docket paperwork say that Abreu offered his driver’s license when attempting to buy the gun, and when the clerk defined that the gun got here with a six-round journal and an eight-round journal, Abreu instructed the clerk, “Man, that is wonderful, I acquired eight rounds to kill eight folks right now,” Fox 26 reported.
Houston Police Division automobiles (Houston Police Division)
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The clerk instructed Abreu that he was unable to promote him the gun due to his feedback and the police had been notified.
Abreu then took a plea deal and was sentenced to 4 years within the Texas Division of Corrections for tried possession of a firearm by a felon.
He’s being held within the Harris County Jail on a mixed bond of $202,500 bond, the outlet reported. He’s scheduled to look in court docket later right now.
