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Mom IDs son in case of elderly woman’s stolen credit card
Prosecutors are expected to file felony aggravated burglary charges this afternoon, June 11, against a Celina man who allegedly duped an elderly Dayton woman last weekend.
Brandon Lykins, 22, returned yesterday to the woman’s home on Fieldstone to attempt to explain his earlier actions, according to Detective Bill Myers. The woman would have none of that and yelled for help. As Lykins fled, neighbors came running and held the man until police arrived.
Myers said police were already closing in on Lykins with the help of the public — including Lykins’ mother. Police had ATM videos from four or five sites showing Lykins using the woman’s ATM card. Those videos were broadcast on WHIO-TV, which prompted a number of calls.
“We got six from the Celina area that identified the man, and his mother also called to say that was her son,” Myers said.
Saturday, June 5, the elderly woman answered her front door. The woman thought the young man on the stoop was a neighbor’s son, who had once fixed her vacuum. She invited the young man in, chatted with him, gave him $20 for gas and offered to make him a sandwich. While she was fixing the sandwich, the young man said he would wash up. Instead, he went into her bedroom where he took a credit card and debit card.
Rather than sit down and eat the sandwich, the young man said he was going to get gas and would be right back. He never returned.
When the woman later found her cards missing she called a neighbor, who called police and got a list of transactions on the cards.
That same neighbor on Thursday heard the woman call for help and chased down Lykins, keeping him corner until police arrived.
“There will be more charges presented to the grand jury,” Detective Myers said.
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