SAN ANTONIO – A man is in jail tonight after police say he attacked and robbed an elderly couple with mace and a taser Friday night.
37-year-old Alan Hughes was arrested Saturday morning.
According to police the elderly couple knew Hughes and let him into their home. Police say the couple had loaned Hughes money in the past, but they don’t know why he tried to take the woman’s purse.
The couple who are 82 and 83 years old tried to stop Hughes, but police say he was able to overpower them.
“He sprayed them with mace. He tried to tase them with his taser, and then he struck the lady on the back with a chair that was in the house,” said Sgt. Jaime Trevino with the San Antonio Police Department Robbery Task Force.
Trevino says Hughes is a former state-licensed security guard. He now faces charges of Aggravated Assault Causing Serious Bodily Injury.
The couple were treated and released from the hospital on Saturday.
