Man Who Terrorized Elderly Woman Sentenced To Decades In Prison: Authorities

ROSEVILLE, CA — A man with a long history of burglary and robbery has been sentenced to over five decades in prison after he attacked an elderly woman in her home last year in Roseville, according to authorities.

Wyatt King III, 47, was sentenced Monday to 58 years to life plus 44 years in prison, authorities said. King was convicted of first-degree residential burglary, kidnapping and conspiracy, according to the Placer County District Attorney’s Office. The conviction includes a special allegation of committing a violent crime on a victim over the age of 65 and allegations that he was previously convicted of four out-of-county serious or violent felonies, authorities said.

In July 2023, King shattered the rear sliding glass door of a senior couple’s home and used threats and physical force to intimidate the woman, according to the district attorney's office.

“Our senior residents deserve to feel safe in their own homes — that is non-negotiable,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Shannon Quigley said in a news release.

“The decisions the defendant made in those few minutes, when he chose to shatter her sliding door, enter her home and terrorize an elderly woman — in an instant — he permanently impacted her life and wellbeing."

Officers used Ring camera footage to find King’s vehicle and arrested him, according to the district attorney’s office. A jury trial started in October, and the court received evidence of King’s previous history of residential burglaries and an armed bank robbery, authorities said.

"His continual criminal conduct demonstrates that he is unable to be rehabilitated and the only way to keep our community safe is to separate him from society to ensure that no one else can be a victim to his selfish criminality ever again," Quigley said in the news release.