PANAMA CITY -- A Bay County jury convicted Charles E. Cannon on Tuesday of robbing an elderly woman in her Youngstown home.
Assistant State Attorney Christa Diviney told jurors in her opening statement that the victim, a 90-year-old woman, was walking from her bathroom to her bedroom the morning of Dec. 9, 2012, when she saw a stranger standing in the bedroom doorway. The man, later identified as Cannon, made her give him the cash from her purse, according to a press release from the state attorney’s office.
Investigators identified Cannon through a surveillance video from a Youngstown convenience store. A registered sex offender, Cannon was being tracked by an ankle monitor, which recorded his presence in the woman’s home.
Cannon, 36, of Youngstown, was found guilty as charged of burglary with an assault or battery, robbery and false imprisonment. He faces up to life in prison when Circuit Judge Elijah Smiley sentences him March 27.