Crime & Safety
Torrance Man, 83, Violently Attacked 2 Times By Same Homeless Individual
Police told Tomas Mendoza and his family that the man had been released after the first attack for lack of evidence.
TORRANCE (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it’s investigating and trying to locate a homeless man for two brutal attacks on 83-year-old Tomas Mendoza.
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The first assault came about one week ago when Mendoza, on a walk he’s taken for nearly 40 years, was randomly attacked along Vermont Street by the homeless individual. Mendoza suffered cuts to the face and required stitches in the back of his head from the beating.
“He gave us a description of what he looked like and i went driving around for a couple of hours and I found the guy,” Jessica Mendoza, the 83-year-old’s daughter-in-law, told CBSLA’s Jake Reiner. “I called police and he was arrested.”
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