VISTA, Calif. -- A 47-year-old woman is behind bars Thursday for allegedly holding a knife to a woman's throat, punching her in the face and attempting to strangle her with a belt during a home invasion robbery in Vista.

Carey Lynn Barton was arrested Wednesday morning in Escondido at a California parole office in connection with a home invasion that occurred a day earlier, said San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Art Wager.

Around noon Tuesday, a woman entered the Vista home of a 71-year-old woman through an unlocked door and held a knife to the victim's throat before punching her in the face and attempting to strangle her with a belt, Wager said.

The younger woman then demanded property before fleeing in the victim's vehicle, he said.

Barton was booked into the Vista jail on suspicion of residential burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, battery and dissuading a witness. She was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, according to jail records.