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Sarah Ann Neal, 42 of Santa Clara, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime according to police. Both charges are felonies. (Palo Alto Police Department/Courtesy photo)
PALO ALTO, CA A South Bay woman was arrested Friday night in Palo Alto on suspicion of assaulting a man based on his nationality, police said.
Officers responded shortly before 8 p.m. to a call reporting a battery in progress in the 300 block of California Avenue, but the suspect left the scene by the time they arrived according to police.
The suspect, identified as Sarah Ann Neal, 42 of Santa Clara, confronted a man on a sidewalk who was talking on his cell phone asking him for money, police said.
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A woman was arrested Friday night in Palo Alto on suspicion of assaulting a man in an alleged hate crime, police said Monday in a press release.
A 42-year-old Santa Clara resident was arrested for an alleged attack and hate crime in Palo Alto on Jan. 22. Image courtesy PhotoSpin.
Officers responded to a report of a battery in progress in the 300 block of California Avenue at about 7:55 p.m.
Upon their arrival, the woman, later identified as a 42-year-old Santa Clara resident, had fled on foot.
Woman Arrested On Suspicion Of Assault, Hate Crime
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PALO ALTO (BCN)
A Santa Clara woman was arrested Friday night in Palo Alto on suspicion of assaulting a man in an alleged hate crime, police said.
Officers responded to a report made at about 7:55 p.m. of a battery in progress in the 300 block of California Avenue.
Upon their arrival, the suspect, later identified as 42-year-old Sarah Ann Neal, had fled on foot.
An investigation revealed that the victim, a man in his 50s of Middle Eastern descent, had been talking on his cellphone on the sidewalk when Neal approached him asking for money.