Two Oxford men were charged with home invasion after breaking into a home at 586 Oxford Road and assaulting a man for cash, police say.
The incident occurred at 6:38 Monday night when police received a complaint that two males barged into the house and “forcefully took cash money from the victim, causing him minor injuries, and then fled the scene in (an) unknown black vehicle,” according to a police report.
Police said Michael Martino, 48, of 9 Old Farm Road, and Gino Passaro, 45, of 506 Oxford Road, entered the house without permission and then knocked down another locked door to get at the victim, the report states. That is when they took the man’s money.
Oxford Police Officer Gary Soules, who tracked one of the men to his home following the incident, made the arrest. He later learned that the second suspect was involved, and arrested him, too.
Martino and Passaro were charged with home invasion: unarmed burglary; first-degree burglary; third-degree criminal mischief; second-degree robbery and breach of peace. Passaro was also charged with third-degree assault.
Oxford Resident Trooper Sgt. Dan Semosky, the official spokesman for the Oxford Resident Trooper’s Office, could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.
Just by the way the story is told, it does seem the alleged perpetrators and victim knew each other, but that is speculation only.... Especially if they didn't know each other, then Bonnie and you and the rest of the gun-pointers are right on target....
Civilized society means you can't take the law into your own hands because you don't like progress being made on your case. Your associates made this person a victim, regardless of his past.
Vigilantes can easily be wrong, we readers cannot know all the details in this story, we can only wonder what is left out. If the police investigation was inadequate, THAT should have been where a victim of theft should start. One can only wonder what proof or evidence the police had to go on, but these details are usually kept quiet during an investigation, not reported in the news.
To blame the news reporter, after publicly implying guilt to the charges by invoking the right to retribution....well, it all suggests one is not thinking much of this through before acting.
By the time this would be solved in a civil matter it would cost the 30000 that was stolen, and the thief would have spent that money by then and filed bankruptcy. So this guy would 1. Have 30000 stolen. 2. Have to come up with 10-15 k more to fight in court. 3. after years, maybe get a decision in your favor. 4. Collect nothing because there is nothing to collect. I wonder why people take,matters into their own hands ! The system sucks !