The attacker of a Holmes Beach woman who sparked a weeklong manhunt, remains in jail.
The 12th Circuit State Attorney formally charged Mark L. Snyder for a burglary and attack in June on a 71-year-old woman in her Holmes Beach home.
The state charged Snyder with three felonies Aug. 14 — burglary with a battery, aggravated battery of a victim 65 years or older and grand theft — upping the initial theft charge after the victim placed a $20,000-$100,000 value on jewelry the attacker took from her home in the 500 block of 75th Street.
The prosecutor abandoned a third-degree theft charge and filed a new second-degree felony against Snyder.
The victim called 911 at 2 p.m. June 28 after she returned home, entered her bedroom and encountered the intruder, who struck her several times and caused her to fall.
The intruder fled the home, but was captured on video by a neighbor’s surveillance camera.
Holmes Beach police officers and deputies from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office were on the scene within minutes. She was treated, transported to the hospital and later recovered from her injuries.
A week after the attack, HBPD arrested Snyder at his Holmes Beach home, where police reported finding a Nissan sedan parked outside. The Nissan matched a car in the surveillance video that showed a man coming and going from the victim’s residence.
Police say Snyder confessed July 3 to the attack and burglary, admitting to discarding bags of stolen items in the Manatee River and Bradenton dumpsters, and was transported to Manatee County jail.
Snyder posted a $41,620 bond and was released from jail a day later.
Another case subsequently was opened against Snyder, but was dropped Aug. 24, according to online court records.
In that case, MCSO arrested Snyder July 9, after investigators found numerous items in a storage locker, including a stolen gun, jewelry and a log detailing eBay transactions.
Based on a probable cause affidavit from MCSO Detective Christopher DeLuca, the gun was connected to a May 16 burglary in the 100 block of Crescent Drive in Anna Maria and Snyder was arrested for armed burglary. He was assigned a $50,000 bond and returned to jail.
But with the Aug. 24 notice from the prosecutor, that case was closed.
Snyder remained in jail Aug. 27 on a $2,500 bond set for the new second-degree felony theft charge.
His arraignment on the new charge is set for 8:55 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.