PD: 85-year-old attacked, robbed by woman she let into home Melanie Chang, 52, was arrested after police say she knocked on an elderly woman’s door, was let inside the home and demanded money. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT WE'RE LIVE IN VIERA, BREVARD COUNTY, DAN BILLOW, WESH 2 NEWS. ORLANDO POLICE ARREST A WOMAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING AND ATTACKING AN ELDERLY WOMAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT TRICKED HER VICTIM INTO OPENING THE DOOR OF HER HOME ON JERSEY STREET IN THE DELANEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. WESH 2'S BRETT CONNOLLY IS LIVE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL WITH THE LATEST. THAT SUSPECT IS BEHIND BARS HERE TONIGHT. MEANWHILE, THE ELDERLY WOMAN THAT POLICE SAY SHE ATTACKED SUFFERED CUTS AND BRUISES FROM A COMPLETE STRANGER SHE WELCOMED INSIDE HER HOME. MELANIE CHANG IS NOW FACING A NUMBER OF CHARGES. ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT, THE 52-YEAR-OLD LIVES TEN MILES AWAY FROM THIS HOME ON JERSEY STREET WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY SHE ATTACKED AN 85-YEAR-OLD WOMAN INSIDE THE HOUSE. I THINK IT'S VERY CLOSE TO HOME SO IT'S VERY SCARY AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE. SHE IS ELDERLY SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE. OFFICIALS SAY CHANG KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND TOLD THE WOMAN SHE WAS WAITING ON HER NEIGHBOR TO RETURN HOME. THE ELDERLY WOMAN THEN INVITED HER INSIDE. POLICE SAY THAT'S WHEN SHE DEMANDED MONEY AND STARTED TO ATTACK. CHANG THEN ALLEGEDLY STOLE A COUPLE OF PHONES AND HER CAR. POLICE SET UP A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE AREA AND APPREHENDED THE SUSPECT NEARBY. THEY SAY HAD STOLEN THE ELDERLY WOMAN'S CAR, A BLUE PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WHICH IS NOW BACK WITH IT'S RIGHTFUL OWNER. I THINK NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OTHER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD. OTHER NEIGHBORS TELLING US CRIME HAS PICKED UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. LATELY I DON'T KNOW IT'S BEEN GETTING HIT HARD. I'VE GOTTEN ROBBED TWICE IN TWO WEEKS. AND I'M GETTING A NEW ALARM SYSTEM PUT IN. BOND HAS BEEN SET FOR MORE THAN $10,000 FOR CHANG. WE'RE TOLD THE WOMAN WHO SUFFERED THE INJURIES IS NOW BACK HOME.

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