Toddler, grandmother injured in SE Houston house fire

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A fire in southeast Houston injured a toddler and the child's grandmother this morning.

It happened around 2am on Kirkdale near Beamer.

Officials say the fire started in a back room of the one-story house. They both made it out but are being treated for smoke inhalation.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Man charged in home invasion attack where grandmother, small children were victimized

Ivan Jayasi, 22, is charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston grandmother was terrorized in her own home last week, and now a man is facing charges.

On March 6, the woman was at her home in the 900 block of Eubanks in north Houston with her two small grandchildren when two men wearing bandanas over their faces burst into the house. Court documents state that Ivan Jayasi, 22, grabbed the woman, while another man pointed a shotgun at her.

While the other man searched the house, Jayasi reportedly held the gun on the victim and her granddaughter. The woman told police that when the men didn't find what they were looking for, they ordered her and her grandchildren into a bathroom. After a time, they came out and the men were gone. They apparently stole only a suitcase containing a typewriter.

The victim told police she believed she recognized Jayasi as an acquaintance of her daughter and son-in-law. A neighbor who witnessed the men go into the home with a shotgun and bandanas over their faces identified him to police as well.

Jayasi is charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Bail has been set at $50,000.

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Grandmother accused of leaving kids alone in car

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A grandmother was arrested Thursday night after police say she left two kids in the car while she went shopping at a southwest Houston store.

The two boys -- approximately three to five years old -- were left alone inside a car in the parking lot of the Walmart at 9600 block of West Sam Houston Parkway.

Temperatures fell to around 48 degrees Thursday night. The car was apparently not on, and the kids got cold.

Police say the kids were left alone for at least one hour before an announcement was made over the intercom of the store and they located the grandmother.

The grandmother now faces charges of child endangerment.

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