From California Post · · 1m
Man arrested after beating California grandmother with bat
Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, arrested in Oklahoma after allegedly beating 71-year-old Theresa Garcia with a baseball bat.
In brief
Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, arrested in Oklahoma after allegedly beating 71-year-old Theresa Garcia with a baseball bat. Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, was arrested in Oklahoma for allegedly beating 71-year-old Theresa Garcia with a baseball bat and stealing her belongings. Originally reported by California Post.
Arrest
Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, of Orange County, was arrested in Oklahoma on traffic charges.
Attack on Theresa Garcia
Navarro allegedly beat 71-year-old Theresa Garcia with a baseball bat after she took him in.
Injuries
Theresa Garcia suffered a laceration to her forehead, cut eyebrow, swollen hands, and swollen orbital area.
Medical emergency
Garcia spent days vomiting blood and needed urgent medical care for her injuries.
GoFundMe
Family started a GoFundMe for medical expenses after Garcia was close to death.
Charges
Navarro faces battery with serious injury, elder abuse, assault with deadly weapon, robbery, and damaging a wireless communication device.
What it means
Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, was arrested in Oklahoma for allegedly beating 71-year-old Theresa Garcia with a baseball bat and stealing her belongings.
