Home Invasion Preliminary Hearings Postponed

by Jonathan Weaver

A preliminary hearing for two of the three people accused of entering a Rayburn Township home and assaulting two people early June 5 was postponed yesterday
District Magisterial Judge James Owen of Kittanning continued the hearings of Brandon Patino, 34 of Dubois and Karli Chambers, 34 of Punxsutawney for two weeks – until Wednesday, June 24.
Patino and Chambers sat in Armstrong County Jail orange jumpsuits within the North Jefferson Street courtroom yesterday morning yards away from State Police Trooper Kapustnik and the four victims who were in shock of the home invasion.
The two accused not only hurt Michael Giles-Johns, 21 of Kittanning and Kilyn Reed, 19 of Punxsutawney, at approximately 1:15AM Friday, but also stole their wallet and purse, respectively, filled with about $600 in cash and their mobile phones. While recovered, those items have reportedly not been given back to their owners.
Both victims were able to walk under their own strength yesterday, but were prepared to testify on their injuries. Giles-Johns suffered a minor laceration on the left side of his face, and Reed was treated at ACMH in East Franklin Township for fractures to her vertebrae and multiple contusions and abrasions on her arms, torso and above her right eye.
The two other victims at-home during the incident - Glenn Rosenberger, 53 of Kittanning and his daughter, Kaitlyn Rosenberger, 18 - were also in the courtroom.
The four were reportedly watching television when the accused entered and guns were pointed at their foreheads.
According to State Police affidavits, Patino entered the residence first with another unidentified male and struck Reed, demanding drugs and money. Chambers also began kicking and beating Reed before stealing her purse and mobile phone.
Reed – reportedly Patino’s former girlfriend - positively identified Patino and Chambers as two of the people that assaulted and robbed her.
The two accused actors were located in Indiana County the same day as the incident, arraigned, arrested and placed in the Armstrong County Jail on $50,000 straight bond.
Both are accused of felony aggravated assault, two counts of felony robbery, misdemeanor theft by unlawful taking, misdemeanor receiving stolen property, and two counts of misdemeanor simple assault.
Patino is also charged with felony criminal conspiracy.

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