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Baltimore police said they have arrested a 20-year-old man wanted in connection with a home invasion in Highlandtown.Darrell Johns was identified Sunday as a suspect in the robbery on May 4. Police said they received many tips about Johns before his arrest. Police said investigators had been speaking with Johns' associates and that Johns turned himself in Tuesday afternoon.John and Rosalie "Cookie" Sellman, ages 82 and 70, respectively, were robbed at gunpoint by a masked man who threatened to kill them inside their home, police said.While announcing the arrest, police revealed Johns also had warrants for three other crimes over the past six weeks, including attempted first-degree murder in the 3800 block of Bank Street on April 6, and armed carjacking, armed robbery and assault on the same day that police said he attacked the Sellmans.Johns has a lengthy criminal record. He was charged with first- and second-degree attempted murder in 2012, but the case was remanded to juvenile court. He received a 15-year sentence for robbery last year and received a sentence that was suspended to less than six months of time served."(A) violent repeat offender, this is what we talk about, this is part of what has plagued some of the city streets with violence. We're not talking about new criminals," Baltimore police Director T.J. Smith said.John Sellman's bruises and physical wounds have started to heal, and he said the emotional healing was helped a great deal with Johns' arrest."I feel relieved that he's not here. Even though he had a warrant, he was still floating around. I mean, I'm thinking, maybe he'll decide to come back, because he has my address, he knows where I live," John Sellman said.A flip phone, credit cards and $110 were stolen, but Cookie Sellman tried to fight back with her cane, which is topped with a golden eagle."I took my cane and I'm trying to hit over my husband to him. So, 20 minutes later, when it's all over, I was thinking, he could have shot me. That was stupid," said Cookie Sellman, 70. "We thought we were going to get shot. That was the end of us, honestly. It was like four-five minutes of terror."The Sellmans said they're not letting what happened scare them."My wife said, 'I'm not letting anyone chase me out to my house,'" John Sellman said. "I just want to see him serve hard time. I don't care what happens. He has got to serve hard time."The case is not related to a home invasion and attack on a 90-year-old woman the week before in northwest Baltimore. Police continue to search for a suspect in that case.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-396-2422 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.Get the WBAL-TV News App