NIAGARA FALLS – A Rochester man faces four felony charges after he allegedly broke into a Falls home and beat a man with a chain in order to get prescription pills.
Lastonza Moxley, 60, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday and charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, for causing injury and for using a weapon; and first- and second-degree robbery.
Moxley is accused of forcing his way into an apartment in the 1600 block of Niagara Street on Aug. 6 and using a homemade weapon, a wooden stick with a long chain attached, to beat a 53-year-old man. Moxley then demanded that a woman in the house hand over her pills, according to police. The woman told officers she handed over 10 of her prescription Lortabs and Moxley left.
Lastonza Moxley, 60, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday and charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, for causing injury and for using a weapon; and first- and second-degree robbery.
Moxley is accused of forcing his way into an apartment in the 1600 block of Niagara Street on Aug. 6 and using a homemade weapon, a wooden stick with a long chain attached, to beat a 53-year-old man. Moxley then demanded that a woman in the house hand over her pills, according to police. The woman told officers she handed over 10 of her prescription Lortabs and Moxley left.