Man loses backpack following alleged beating, theft at downtown Caltrain station Uploaded: Tue, May 25, 2021, 2:50 pm 4 Time to read: about 2 minutes A 34-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating and robbing a man in his 70s at the downtown Palo Alto Caltrain station on Friday morning, Palo Alto police said Tuesday. A 34-year-old man arrested on suspicion of beating and robbing a man in his 70s at the downtown Caltrain station in Palo Alto on May 21, 2021. Image courtesy PhotoSpin. The older man told officers that he had been assaulted and robbed at the station, located at 95 University Ave., while he was getting ready to sleep on the train platform at about 1:40 a.m. on May 21, according to a police press release. The 34-year-old man approached him and accused him of stealing his cellphone. The suspected assailant, who was not previously known to the older man, began kicking him in the leg and punched him in the head. The 34-year-old allegedly removed his belt and used it to strike the older man in the face, police said.