Pennsylvania man admits to June 25 beating of elderly woman
{{date|July 6, 2005}}
[[Image:Commons of Saxonburg.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Commons of Saxonburg retirement home entrance]]
Joshua J. Goyette allegedly confessed to breaking into a [[w:Saxonburg, Pennsylvania|Saxonburg]], [[w:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] retirement home and beating 86-year-old Gertrude "Trudy" Johanson in the early morning of June 25, 2005.  The crime, which shocked the small community north of [[w:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], was not the only one which occurred recently at area retirement homes.  Goyette is also suspected in a May incident where another apartment at the Commons of Saxonburg was broken into through a first floor window and the 90-year-old woman inside was groped while she slept.

Goyette, 25, has addresses listed in court documents in [[w:New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]], [[w:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]; and in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, his mother's home.

The alleged confession was given last Thursday, June 30, 2005, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to Pennsylvania state police investigators.  Goyette is currently being held in the [[w:Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler County]] prison in lieu of $300,000 cash bond.  He faces charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and criminal mischief.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/news/s_348563.html
|title=Suspect in beating arrested in Mass.
|author=Bobby Kerlik
|pub=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
|date=June 29, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.insidebutlercounty.com/index.php?sid=516259399&t=news_detail&id=11647
|title=Suspect In Saxonburg Assault Found In Massachusetts
|author=
|pub=InsideButlerCounty
|date=June 29, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05181/530736.stm
|title=Saxonburg beating suspect in custody
|author=Karen Kane
|pub=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
|date=June 30, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://kdka.com/local/local_story_182160248.html
|title=DA to Charge Saxonburg Suspect with Attempted Homicide
|author=
|pub=KDKA
|date=July 1, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_349618.html
|title=Man to be charged in brutal beating
|author=Richard Byrne Reilly
|pub=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
|date=July 2, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.insidebutlercounty.com/index.php?sid=206019632&t=news_detail&id=11749
|title=Man Accused Of Saxonburg Attack Is Back In Town
|author=
|pub=InsideButlerCounty
|date=July 2, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/07/03/mass_man_charged_in_brutal_beating/
|title=Mass. man charged in brutal beating
|author=Associated Press
|pub=Boston.com
|date=July 3, 2005}}

 
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The Commons of Saxonburg retirement home entrance
Joshua J. Goyette allegedly confessed to breaking into a Saxonburg, Pennsylvania retirement home and beating 86-year-old Gertrude "Trudy" Johanson in the early morning of June 25, 2005.  The crime, which shocked the small community north of Pittsburgh, was not the only one which occurred recently at area retirement homes.  Goyette is also suspected in a May incident where another apartment at the Commons of Saxonburg was broken into through a first floor window and the 90-year-old woman inside was groped while she slept.

Goyette, 25, has addresses listed in court documents in New Bedford, Massachusetts; and in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, his mother's home.

The alleged confession was given last Thursday, June 30, 2005, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to Pennsylvania state police investigators.  Goyette is currently being held in the Butler County prison in lieu of $300,000 cash bond.  He faces charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and criminal mischief.
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