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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – After astir a period of searching for the fishy who assaulted a stateless antheral successful the Tower District, Fresno Police arrested 25-year-old, Roberto Felipe Olivera.
Olivera surrendered himself to Fresno Police connected Wednesday. When asked what provoked him to battle the sleeping antheral connected the street, helium said helium was having a atrocious day.
“I deliberation he's going to person a batch of atrocious days successful situation and helium deserves it,” said Mike Karbassi, Fresno City Council Vice President, District 2.
Karbassi was disgusted erstwhile helium archetypal saw the brutal onslaught caught connected surveillance video of Olivera repeatedly kicking the 47-year-old unfortunate successful the head. Last week, helium enactment up a $1,000 reward, successful hopes that it would pb to an arrest.
“It was conscionable vulgar, and we shouldn't person that successful our community," Karbassi said.
For weeks, the Fresno Police Department showed the video to businesses and residents, hoping idiosyncratic knew the suspect. On Wednesday, Olivera was identified.
Fresno Police worked with Olivera's household to coordinate his surrender. He was booked into the Fresno County Jail for felony battle charges.
The victim, who suffered important injuries to the head, has since been released from the hospital. Interim Chief Mindy Casto said he's doing well.
"He's trying to enactment and he's putting his beingness backmost together. Hopefully, this has been a catalyst for him to to enactment his beingness connected a antithetic way arsenic well,” Casto said.
