Teen Sentenced for Roseville Home Invasion, Bank Robbery

A Sacramento resident was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for two 2011 Roseville robberies — one home-invasion robbery where residents were tied up with zip ties and a bank robbery.

Delaudea Else, 19, was arrested in December 2011 in connection with a Roseville home invasion robbery that occurred in October 2011 in the Cresthaven neighborhood and bank robbery in November 2011.

According to earlier reports, at about 9:20 p.m. on Oct. 26, 2011, two males robbed a home on Glenbrook Avenue in Roseville. The male resident heard the doorbell ring and a knock on the door. When he answered the door, two men armed with handguns came into the home, tied the couple and their small children up with zip-ties, and searched the home.  The suspects left with a few items, including a small gun safe containing a handgun, a cell phone and a small amount of cash.

Roseville detectives also identified Else as a suspect in the on Foothills Boulevard in Roseville.

On Dec. 9, 2011, the San Mateo Police Department arrested Else in connection with the robbery of a check-cashing business and a pawnshop in their city.  During their arrest and investigation, they recovered the handgun that had been taken during the Roseville home invasion robbery. 

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