LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A suspect is in custody for a violent home invasion in Valley Station last week that left an 82-year-old woman in the hospital with severe injuries. 

Louisville Metro Police said officers with 3rd Division Criminal Investigations Unit arrested 30-year-old Jamara Hondrea Cureton. According to court documents, Cureton turned herself in and confessed to breaking into the woman's home in the 11000 block of Ridge Lake Drive and assaulting her. 

"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."

On Sunday, LMPD released pictures of the victim's injuries that the family and the woman gave their approval to release to the public. 

GRAPHIC WARNING: The picture below show the injuries the 82-year-old woman sustained.

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The injuries an 82-year-old woman sustained in a Valley Station home invasion on Jan. 5, 2024.

Police said Cureton also confessed to being involved in two other recent home invasions: one in the 12000 block of Hilda Court and one in the 11000 block of Deering Road. 

Neighbors initially told WDRB that a man broke into an elderly woman's home on Ridge Lake Drive through a patio door just before midnight on Jan. 5. LMPD said the suspect assaulted her and stole valuable items like a wallet, phone and cash. Court documents indicate the victim had $700 stolen from her.

Police said Cureton also demanded cash from the victims in the Deering Road break-in but didn't get it. Those victims were then assaulted. 

Blurry surveillance video images were released by LMPD of the suspect carrying what they believe was a hatchet and a 3-foot long crowbar. Recent court documents said she was armed with a hammer. 

Boeckman said those pictures and a neighbor's security footage helped lead to an arrest.

"What it did for us was the community took a lot of interest in this," he said. "We got a lot of tips, and they're good tips. If she had not turned herself in, we probably still made the arrest today ..."

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