Police Seek Home Invasion, Robbery Information

City of Fredericksburg police are seeking information in a Nov. 20 home invasion, robbery and assault.

At about 9 p.m. police responded to Spotsylvania Regional Medical
Center for a 20-year-old male who had severe injuries from an assault, said Natatia Bledsoe, Fredericksburg Police Department Public Information Officer, in a press release. 

The victim reported he was home at Crestview Apartments with his 66-year-old father, when he answered a knock at the door.  As soon as he opened the door, three or four male subjects pushed their way into the residence. One of the subjects ordered the father to the floor and held him there at gunpoint. The two or three remaining offenders pushed the son into his bedroom and struck him repeatedly on the head, while demanding money and drugs. The younger victim was also held on the floor at gunpoint.

After an unknown period of time, the assailants left the apartment and the father drove his son to the hospital. The victim had a broken nose, and required staples to close the lacerations on his head and sutures to repair a wound on his finger, Bledsoe said. The father was not injured.

When officers arrived at the crime scene, they found the apartment ransacked and a large amount of blood throughout the residence, Bledsoe.

The suspects were described as black males, late teens to early 20s; one was reportedly dark-skinned with short hair and wearing a stocking cap, and another was reportedly light-skinned with shoulder length dreadlocks.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about this case should contact Detective Doug Perkins at 540-654-5758.  "We look forward to hearing from members of the community who may be able to assist with additional information," said Bledsoe.  Callers are not required to give their names.