Will Bigham at the Daily Bulletin reports that charges were filed Monday against the two men accused of breaking into a home on the 700 block of 10th St. in Claremont and beating the homeowner:
Robert LaMonte Jones, 20, and Messigh Liketin Perry-Garner, 16, were both charged Monday with attempted murder and first-degree residential robbery.
The two Pomona men appeared in Pomona Superior Court Monday for an arraignment hearing, but they did not enter pleas. The hearing was postponed to Feb. 10.
The morning of Jan. 20, Jones and Perry-Garner broke into a home in the 700 block of West 10th Street, according to a Claremont police news release.
During the course of the robbery, the homeowner, Vincent J. Gottuso, returned home.
He confronted the two men and was repeatedly beaten in the head with his own shotgun, according to information from police and prosecutors.
Bigham also reported that a third man, Kenyatta Harris, was charged with receiving stolen property in connection with the burglary.
As we noted a couple days ago, Gottuso, who had to be airlifted because of his life-threatening injuries, was released from the hospital and is back home convalescing.
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