Brownwood News –  On Thursday, January 30, 2020, at approximately 11:30 pm, officers with the Brownwood Police Department were dispatched to an address in the 1600 block of 7th Street regarding a report of a robbery that had just occurred.

When officers arrived, they met with the female victim at her residence.  According to the police statement, the victim was visibly bleeding from wounds to her head which appeared to be caused by someone striking her head repeatedly with a blunt object.  The victim’s dog was also actively bleeding, and puncture wounds were observed on his left side as if he had been stabbed.  The victim was eventually transported to the Brownwood Regional Medical Center by Lifeguard Ambulance Service for treatment.

According to a news release from Brownwood Police, prior to leaving for the ER, the victim reported that she was in her living room when three unknown males broke through her front door.  The victim was struck repeatedly about the head as the males demanded money and jewelry.  The victim said she was struck with what she believed to be a pistol and the attackers threatened that they were going to kill her.  The victim was unable to recognize or identify the attackers as they roamed through her home searching for items to steal.  After receiving nothing, the males continued their assault upon the victim before running from the residence.

The Criminal Investigations Division responded to the scene and an investigation commenced.  Evidence gathered at the scene led to a residence several doors down where it was believed the suspects lived.

Contact was made at that residence in the 1700 block of 7th St and several subjects were identified including:

  • Edwin Louis Maldonado, 21
  • Juan Manuel Negron-Santiago, 18
  • Octavian Marshawn Carlton-Torrez, 17.

According to the police report, these subjects were interviewed and several pieces of evidence were gathered.  At the conclusion of this initial investigation, a warrant was applied for and approved charging these three subjects.  Maldonado, Negron-Santiago (shown in photo) and Carlton-Torrez were arrested and booked into the Brown County Jail for Aggravated Assault.

According to Brown County Jail records, bond on Maldonado was set at $100,000.  Negron-Santiago’s bond was set at $100,000.  The bond for Torrez was also set at $100,000.

The investigation continued after daybreak and a pistol and knife, believed to be used in the crime, were recovered, the police report states.

 

Those charged are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.