Woman, 89, Targeted in Home Invasion

A transient she hired to detail her car for $50 ended up entering her home, pushing her down and taking more money from her, Clearwater Police say.

An 89-year-old woman was the target of a home invasion by a transient who pushed her down and took money from her, Clearwater Police say. The suspect approached the woman outside her home in the 100 block of Orangeview Avenue on Aug. 1 and offered to detail her car for $50, according to police. When he was finished, the man, who identified himself as "Joe Moon," entered the woman's home without invitation and asked for several glasses of water, saying he "just took heart medication," public safety spokesperson Elizabeth Watts wrote in a media release. When the woman paid him the $50 and asked him to leave, he said he wanted $150, police say. "At this point, the victim just wanted him to get out of her house, so she went to her bedroom to …

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