Lake County elder abuse: Man, 71, beaten and bitten
By GLENDA ANDERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
February 19, 2009 .
A Kelseyville man has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the home of a 71-year-old Clearlake man, then beating and biting him.
David Moreno, 39, is believed to have attacked and threatened to kill the older man after accusing him of speaking badly of him, said Clearlake Police Lt. Mike Hermann.
The name name of the injured man is not being released because he is a victim of elder abuse, he said.
A man went to the older man’s home just after 9 p.m. Tuesday and began banging on the door and yelling threats, Hermann said.
When the victim refused to let him in, a man identified by police as Moreno tried breaking the door then broke a window.
The intruder chased the man, began beating him and bit his right hand, he said. Two other people in the house intervened and the attacker fled with a purse that was later recovered. Moreno was booked into the Lake County jail by police following a foot chase, Hermann said.
Moreno, listed in booking documents as a landscaper, remained jailed Thursday on suspicion of elder abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, resisting arrest and making criminal threats.
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