ShareThisSALT LAKE CITY -- A man is accused of using a telephone as a weapon to rob a disabled woman after she caught him with her groceries in her trailer home's spare bedroom.In court documents filed Monday, investigators wrote that the victim found the friend of her late son in her trailer on March 7.The man, who had previously trespassed at the woman's home in search of money, was in the spare bedroom with her bananas, bagels, cookies and milk, investigators wrote.When the woman told him she would call police, the man, 46, raised the cordless phone over his head. The woman, fearing the phone would be used as a weapon, "retreated to her bedroom with her walker," investigators wrote.The man followed her and took $140 from her pillowcase, investigators wrote. He later was found with a marijuana pipe and a crack pipe.He faces felony charges of robbery and burglary and misdemeanor charges of interruption of a communication device, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)
Man allegedly uses cordless phone as a robbery weapon
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