GADSDEN COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) – A woman was found guilty Thursday for her role in a June 2023 home invasion robbery that occurred in Havana, according to the State Attorney\u2019s Office for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida.<\/p>\n
Tracy Ruby was found guilty after a four-day trial earlier this week, the state attorney\u2019s office wrote in a press release Friday. A guilty verdict was returned for numerous charges, including home invasion with a firearm, grand theft of a motor vehicle and burglary of a dwelling with a person assaulted.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s one of two people who were charged with the home invasion robbery, which involved an elderly couple, the state attorney revealed. Deontavious Akins was also charged, but he was found not guilty, per the release.<\/p>\n
Ruby\u2019s guilty verdict comes nearly three years after the robbery unfolded, the state attorney revealed. Ruby was a former girlfriend of the victims\u2019 son, per the release.<\/p>\n
An investigation revealed that Ruby \u201creceived a recorded call from the victims\u2019 son in which she admitted that \u2018it was [her] idea,\u2019\u201d the state attorney wrote.<\/p>\n
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During the morning of June 17, 2023, the elderly couple was awakened to Ruby and \u201ca male who was unknown to them,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n
The state attorney says Ruby took multiple valuable items from the couple\u2019s home, including money, jewelry and other valuables, while a male suspect held the victims at gunpoint. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe gunman forced the victims into a bathroom, and once the robbery was complete, both Tracy Ruby and the gunman stole the victims\u2019 vehicle and headed north towards Bainbridge,\u201d according to the state attorney\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n
The victim\u2019s vehicle was eventually recovered by the Decatur County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
The release went on to reveal that Akins was developed as a suspect through cellphone records. His phone\u2019s location indicated that he was at the scene of the robbery during the crime and in the area where the victims\u2019 vehicle was recovered. <\/p>\n
Four days after the incident transpired, both Ruby and Akins were located and led police on a chase before crashing in a wooded area, according to the press release. The two were taken into custody shortly after. <\/p>\n
Ruby is expected to be sentenced on March 11. <\/p>\n
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