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发帖数: 2327 | 1 A 78-year-old man was recovering on Monday night after reportedly being
punched in the face at a Costco Wholesale store in Burbank.
By ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN AND VERONICA ROCHA contact the reporter Crime
A Burbank man was charged Tuesday with punching a 78-year-old Costco shopper
who confronted him about taking too many Nutella waffles from a sample cart
, authorities said.
Derrick Gharabighi, 24, was at the warehouse store in Burbank on Sunday when
he walked over to the Nutella sample station. As the elderly shopper
reached out to grab one, Gharabighi snatched all the Nutella samples,
according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
“The victim told Mr. Gharabighi that he wanted a sample and he shouldn’t
take so many,” Burbank police Sgt. Claudio Losacco said.
That’s when Gharabighi reportedly punched the man in the face. The man was
hospitalized with a one-inch cut and swelling above his left eye.
Gharabighi, a Burbank resident, was arrested and is being held on $50,000
bail, police said.
He faces one count of elder abuse, as well as the special allegation that he
inflicted great bodily harm on the elderly man, according to the Los
Angeles County district attorney’s office. If Gharabighi is convicted, he
faces up to 11 years in state prison. |
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