This photo was taken from a video made by Brayden Levy. After the waiter was knocked down, several Palisades High School students ran to him to provide aid.
A homeless man named Joshua kicked an Angelini waiter in the chest, knocking the waiter to the ground, where the server hit his head. The incident happened in the Ralphs’ parking lot, August 15, shortly after 4 p.m. The waiter was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. Joshua was handcuffed, put in a police car and taken to the police station to be booked.
Now there is a community effort to help cover the waiter’s (Dionicio) medical expenses, including the ambulance cost. A local resident has placed a collection jar at Angelini’s restaurant in Caruso’s Palisades Village.
Joshua had been screaming at residents during the day. Early in the day, this editor sent a photo and spoke to Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness’s Sharon Kilbride because after passing him on the street, he seems “not right.” Several people reported he had been screaming in the street. Katie O’Neill reported that she had young students in her art studio, and she locked the door when he came by.
Kilbride reported “Joshua had been engaged several times by the PPTFH outreach workers, task force workers and LAPD. He’s refused help.”
He has been in the Palisades about two weeks and his photo had been sent to the LAPD beach detail and to Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin. “They were aware of him,” Kilbride said.
After Joshua was arrested, CTN reached out to Espin and asked if he had any outstanding warrants and what charges he was held on.
“I don’t believe Joshua had any warrants as our Beach Detail had engaged him a couple times and did not make any arrest for warrants,” Espin said. “Because the incident was a felony battery he was not immediately released after being booked into jail.”
CTN asked if he would be released. Espin responded “I do not have that information. Once we book a person into jail, it then falls on the courts system for bail and release from custody.”
(Editor’s note: it will be up to George Gascon, the current L.A. County District Attorney to make that decision. Gascon is up for reelection in November against criminal law attorney Nathan Hochman.)
I honestly can’t believe that these kinds of people are allowed to take over our towns. Everybody seems to pass the buck. All these council members set up ” another study”….isn’t there something we can do- and please, please don’t say “vote differently.”
Anyone want to bet Joshua is back in the Palisades by the end of the month, or SOONER given GASCON??
Doesn’t Ralph’s grocery store carry some kind of liability for this situation. Patrons should expect to be safe and not beat up while walking in their parking lot.
Let’s all of us watch what Gascon does. With he put an indicted criminal back on the street?
I would think the liability would lie with the city. They were warned that this man might be dangerous and yet nothing was done.
Sue
Can someone post a photo of the suspect Joshua?
According to Nextdoor, he was back in the Palisades at Gelson’s two days ago.