Woman Arrested In Robbery Of Elderly Troy Man

Police in Troy have charged a Troy woman in connection with the robbery, twice in five days, of an elderly man in his Troy-Sidney Rd. home.

Ashley Via, 22, of Troy was arraigned Monday morning in Miami County Municipal Court in Troy on two counts of aggravated burglary, theft and promoting prostitution. She is free on bond.

Police said her victim was an 82-year-old Troy man.

Her arrest came one day after the Thanksgiving Day attack on the victim. The first incident occurred Saturday, November 21.

Both times Via reportedly fled with a few dollars and some pocket change.