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Mother of alleged home invader faces assault charges
04/12/2011 - 21:10
By CLARE KENNEDY, [email protected]
OWATONNA — Alleged home invader Saray Morgan is involved in yet another case in the Steele County court system, this time as the purported victim rather than the accused.
Morgan’s mother, Loretta De La Caridad Morgan, faces felony assault charges for an incident that occurred in September of last year. The altercation began on the evening of Sept. 9, 2010, at an address in the 100 block of West Pearl, where 19-year-old Saray Morgan was living with her 12-year-old brother. According to supplemental arrest reports, the woman worked as a truck driver. During her frequent absences, the pre-teen stayed with his older sister.
Loretta Morgan, 51, stopped by to drop off the boy’s bicycle, but the visit soon devolved into an argument between mother and daughter, according to court records. The boy told police that the two were fighting over the state of the apartment. As the tension escalated, the boy said his mother “went crazy” and began cursing in Spanish. Saray Morgan pushed her mother, at which point the older woman allegedly slapped the girl five times, seized a knife from the kitchen sink and pinned her daughter to the wall. She held the knife aloft until Saray Morgan pushed her away and ran out of the house.
The boy fled outside for fear that his mother would stab him. A neighbor called police after the child ran into the street screaming, “Help me.”
Much of his story was corroborated by Saray Morgan.
For her part, Loretta Morgan told police that the argument never got physical. She denied claims that she pulled a knife on her daughter.
Loretta Morgan faces five charges: Two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, both felonies, and three misdemeanor charges of domestic assault. The judge also imposed a restraining order, barring the Austin woman from all contact with either child.
She pleaded not guilty to all in November of 2010.
The charges against her daughter are much more numerous. Saray Morgan is one of four people who have been implicated in a violent crime spree that occurred over the course of one night in early March. Saray Morgan, Jacob Tyler Kubinski, Nicholas Ray Pratt, and Michael James Schirmer allegedly used guns, knives and a baseball bat to attack six people sleeping in a residence on Rose Street, then robbed the alleged victims of electronics, cash and an array of other small goods. The four are also implicated in a burglary at a duplex on Chestnut Avenue the same night.
Saray Morgan remains in the Steele County Detention Center. Given the circumstances, Judge Joseph Bueltel lifted the restraining order against her mother. However, he refused to remove the restraining order in the case of her son, who is currently living in Austin.
Mother of alleged home invader faces assault charges
04/12/2011 - 21:10
By CLARE KENNEDY, [email protected]
OWATONNA — Alleged home invader Saray Morgan is involved in yet another case in the Steele County court system, this time as the purported victim rather than the accused.
Morgan’s mother, Loretta De La Caridad Morgan, faces felony assault charges for an incident that occurred in September of last year. The altercation began on the evening of Sept. 9, 2010, at an address in the 100 block of West Pearl, where 19-year-old Saray Morgan was living with her 12-year-old brother. According to supplemental arrest reports, the woman worked as a truck driver. During her frequent absences, the pre-teen stayed with his older sister.
Loretta Morgan, 51, stopped by to drop off the boy’s bicycle, but the visit soon devolved into an argument between mother and daughter, according to court records. The boy told police that the two were fighting over the state of the apartment. As the tension escalated, the boy said his mother “went crazy” and began cursing in Spanish. Saray Morgan pushed her mother, at which point the older woman allegedly slapped the girl five times, seized a knife from the kitchen sink and pinned her daughter to the wall. She held the knife aloft until Saray Morgan pushed her away and ran out of the house.
The boy fled outside for fear that his mother would stab him. A neighbor called police after the child ran into the street screaming, “Help me.”
Much of his story was corroborated by Saray Morgan.
For her part, Loretta Morgan told police that the argument never got physical. She denied claims that she pulled a knife on her daughter.
Loretta Morgan faces five charges: Two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, both felonies, and three misdemeanor charges of domestic assault. The judge also imposed a restraining order, barring the Austin woman from all contact with either child.
She pleaded not guilty to all in November of 2010.
The charges against her daughter are much more numerous. Saray Morgan is one of four people who have been implicated in a violent crime spree that occurred over the course of one night in early March. Saray Morgan, Jacob Tyler Kubinski, Nicholas Ray Pratt, and Michael James Schirmer allegedly used guns, knives and a baseball bat to attack six people sleeping in a residence on Rose Street, then robbed the alleged victims of electronics, cash and an array of other small goods. The four are also implicated in a burglary at a duplex on Chestnut Avenue the same night.
Saray Morgan remains in the Steele County Detention Center. Given the circumstances, Judge Joseph Bueltel lifted the restraining order against her mother. However, he refused to remove the restraining order in the case of her son, who is currently living in Austin.