A Florida man has been arrested and charged after he was caught viciously punching an elderly shopper in their 80s at a Walmart last month.
Joseph Albert McFadden, 34, was charged with aggravated battery on the elderly after he brutally punched his victim twice in the face before fleeing the scene.
The disturbing attack took place on October 11 at around 10 am at the Walmart in Lauderdale Lakes.
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McFadden was arrested at another Walmart after security staff identified him and notified the police.
However, the attacker remained large for over a month following the attack.
The victim “suffered some cuts and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of his injuries,” sheriff’s office spokesman Carey Codd told the Miami Herald.
“Detectives say the attacker did not steal anything from the victim, and the victim does not know the attacker and did not have words with him prior to the incident,” authorities said.
The Daily Mail reported:
Surveillance footage captures McFadden emerging from the parking lot and confronting the victim just beyond the sliding doors of the Walmart store.
He swiftly punched the victim, who has not been identified, in his face twice without saying a word.
Then McFadden nonchalantly strolled away from the store’s entrance, casually heading north on foot, as revealed by the footage.
He was seen in the video wearing a navy sweater with grey lettering on the front, black pants and flip flops.
“It was a brazen, unprovoked attack caught on camera,” the Broward Sheriff’s Office said when police were looking for McFadden last month.
McFadden was taken into custody by Sunrise police on Friday, near the 3300 block of North University Drive, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit.
McFadden faces one count of aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older.
He remained behind bars at the county’s North Broward Bureau as of Wednesday morning with bail set at $10,00.
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