A Charleston man was arrested by the Mattoon Police Department in connection with a home invasion that occurred earlier this week in an apartment located in the 4000 block of Lake Land Blvd in Mattoon.
On the evening of Sunday, February 19th, Mattoon Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at a Lake Land Blvd apartment building where a victim claimed that he had been physically assaulted and robbed at gunpoint. The victim reported that a group of men armed with handguns had entered his apartment and demanded money from everyone inside. He also said that several of the men struck him with firearms after he refused to provide the money. The victim was treated for cuts and blunt force injuries to his head and face.
21 year old Kenneth W. Moultrie, of Charleston, was arrested in connection with the robbery by Mattoon Police the following Monday at 2:17 a.m. in the 1700 block of 11th Street in Charleston. He is charged with Home Invasion, Armed Robbery, and Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon.