Crime & Safety

2 Arrested In Oldsmar Armed Home Invasion, Kidnapping

Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies have arrested two people they believe are responsible for an armed home invasion robbery.

OLDSMAR, FL -- Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies have arrested two people they believe are responsible for an armed home invasion robbery and kidnapping in Oldsmar.

At 9:05 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, deputies responded to a home in the 100 block of Shoreview Lane, Oldsmar. The victim, 27-year-old Dwayne Times, was inside his home when he heard someone enter. Deputies say three masked men with handguns confronted Times and pistol whipped him multiple times. They demanded money and drugs.

Times gave the robbers an undisclosed amount of money before being forced into the back of his 2014 Volkswagen. As the robbers drove away, Times was able to open the car door and jump out of the moving car. He ran along Kilsyhte Street and started banging on doors to homes seeking help.

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One resident responded and let him inside and called 911. Deputies found the Volkswagen abandoned near the intersection of Kilsythe Street and Shore Drive East with the engine running. Deputies also located a handgun on the ground near the car.

K-9 deputies established a track and located 17-year-old Chrishaud Montgomery of Tampa hiding in a mucky in the 400 block of Country Club Drive. Shortly afterward, K-9 deputies located 21-year-old Quadre Brown, no address, trying to get into a nearby home in the same block of Country Club Drive.

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Deputies believe a third robber left the scene in an unknown vehicle.

Times was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Montgomery was charged with one count of home invasion robbery and one count of kidnapping.

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