Second suspect charged in Campbell County home invasion

Charges have been filed against a Lynchburg man in connection with a home invasion in Campbell County last week where a woman was gagged while her home was ransacked.

Warrants have been obtained for Jeffrey Dejuan Page, 39, said Capt. L.T. Guthrie. He is not in custody. Neither is Donald Eugene Collier III, 18, of Appomattox, who also faces charges in the crime.

Page is wanted on charges of malicious wounding, abduction and robbery; Collier on charges of robbery and abduction, Guthrie said.

Around 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 25, three men approached an elderly man outside his house on Marshall Mill Road, off U.S. 501 near Gladys.

The three men claimed they were taking a survey for the school system, Guthrie said. While one distracted the man with conversation, the other two entered the house, gagged the man’s wife and forced her into a bathroom while they rummaged though the house, Guthrie said.

They left the scene in a white Chevrolet pickup, Guthrie said.

Later that evening, an Appomattox County deputy noticed a truck matching that description on Red House Road, Guthrie said, but the subjects ran, leaving the truck running. They reportedly had been picked up in a white vehicle, Guthrie said.

Anyone with information on the crime or the whereabouts of Collier or Page is asked to call the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office at (434) 332-9574 or Central Virginia Crimestoppers at (888) 798-5900.