LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Jefferson County judge has set a $500,000 bond for a woman charged in a home invasion in Valley Station last week that left an 82-year-old woman hospitalized with severe head injuries.
Jamara Hondrea Cureton, 30, of Louisville pleaded not guilty to three robbery charges during Tuesday's court appearance. Jefferson County Attorney Kristin Southard pushed for a high bond, saying Cureton is a danger to the community.
"First of all I think the court would be concerned given allegations with three counts of armed home invasion, one she's alleged to have been armed with a hammer," Southard said. "We have significant concerns the victim is a particularly vulnerable individual an 82 year old woman who sustained significant injuries from these alleged robberies."
On Sunday, LMPD released pictures of the victim's injuries that the family and the woman approved for release to the public.
GRAPHIC WARNING: The picture below shows the injuries the 82-year-old woman sustained.
The injuries an 82-year-old woman sustained in a Valley Station home invasion on Jan. 5, 2024.
Police said Cureton turned herself in on Jan. 8, and confessed to breaking into the victim's home in the 11000 block of Ridge Lake Drive and assaulting her with a hatchet and a crowbar on Jan. 5.
"I guess it was 2 a.m.," LMPD Maj. Donald Boeckman said in a news conference Monday. "She shows up at Metro Corrections and turns herself in. She said she saw what was on the TV, felt bad about what happened and came in and turned herself in."
Investigators said Cureton also confessed to other violent robberies: one in the 12000 block of Hilda Court and one in the 11000 block of Deering Road. Police said Cureton demanded cash from the victims in the Deering Road break-in but didn't get it. Those victims were then assaulted.
Investigators said Cureton lives in the Valley Station area and was breaking into neighborhood homes at random.
The judge ordered Cureton to have no contact with any of the victims in the three break-ins. She told the judge she does not have the money to hire a private attorney. If she does post bond, she will be placed on home incarceration.
Cureton is due in court again on Jan. 17.
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