The police in San Francisco, California, have arrested a man involved in a 2019 elder abuse. The San Francisco Police Department announced the arrest of Christopher Jefferson, 22, of Sacramento, on Wednesday, April 7th.
SFPD revealed that they took Jefferson into custody in Stockton, on Wednesday, April 1st. Then, they booked the young man into the San Francisco Jail. The suspect is one out of three people who assaulted and robbed two people on July 19th, 2019.
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Police received a call about the robbery that took place between Stockton and Pacific Streets. When officers arrived, they found the two victims. An older man, Walter Wong, 75, told the authorities that he was waiting for the spotlight to change at the intersection when three men grabbed him.
The man told the police that the three grabbed, assaulted him, and made away with his wristwatch. Wong’s 67-year-old friend tried to intervene during the attack, but he got punched in the face and suffered a broken cheekbone.
The police then started investigating and tracked down the first suspect, Dashawn Pierson, 19. On October 22nd, 2019, he was arrested in his home in Oakland, and a search of the house uncovered items connecting him to the robbery.
On January 22nd, the police found the second suspect, Akeem Smith, 20, of Sacramento, and took him into custody at Alameda County. Jefferson and the two men are facing charges of robbery and assault by means to produce great bodily harm.
The charges also include aggravated battery causing serious bodily harm and elder abuse. The latter is considered a severe offense, and the World Health Organization has called for urgent actions to protect the rights of older people.
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