A man was arrested in Beverly Hills over the weekend and has been charged with a hate crime and other offenses after police said he assaulted an elderly man and made anti-Semitic comments to the victim.
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) Police in Beverly Hills said they arrested a man who allegedly made antisemitic remarks as he assaulted an older man with a belt on Saturday.
Jarris Jay Silagi, 44, allegedly struck an elderly man on his head with a belt at about 9 a.m. Saturday near North Rexford Drive and North Santa Monica Boulevard, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department.
The suspect allegedly shouted antisemitic statements at the man, who was with his spouse, during the incident, the police said in a news release Sunday night.
The Beverly Hills Fire Department treated the older man at the scene. He did not require additional medical attention at the time, police said.
The suspect left the scene and was later located by a BHPD senior forensic specialist, who spotted a man matching a description that had been circulated, police said.
"Our officers quickly apprehended the suspect and he is in custody," Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said in a statement
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