Grocery store staff key in identifying alleged assault of elderly man in Santa Ana: Police

Santa Ana grocery retailer staff have been instrumental in figuring out the assault of an aged man with dementia.

The 83-year-old man was attacked together with his personal cane at a Superior Grocers in March, however nobody witnessed the assault. The person, who has dementia, was unable to clarify the accidents to his household, in keeping with Sgt. Maria Lopez of the Santa Ana Police Division.

“The household sees the accidents and sort of asks him what occurred. Given his severity of the sickness, he was unable to recall what occurred and tells the household that he fell,” Lopez mentioned.

However later, a grocery retailer worker noticed the assault on surveillance footage and alerted a supervisor, who acknowledged the person — a daily buyer — and instructed the sufferer’s spouse of the assault.

The person’s household acknowledged the attacker as certainly one of their very own members of the family, 33-year-old Luis Ramirez. He was arrested on Thursday, and police thanked the grocery retailer supervisor for alerting them to the case.

Ramirez faces a number of prices, together with elder abuse and theft.