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The suspect, identified as Ricky Amos, 56 of Richmond, is accused of following a woman into her garage shouting racial epithets and spitting in her face. (Shutterstock / zef art)
EL CERRITO, CA Authorities are seeking hate crime enhancements for an assault suspect in connection with an anti-Asian attack Tuesday morning, El Cerrito police said.
Officers responded at around 9:25 a.m. to a report that a man spat in a woman s face near the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Everett Street in El Cerrito, police said.
The victim, an Asian woman, told officers that a man she did not know, had followed her car into her garage shouting racial epithets and then spat in her face, police said.
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Man facing hate crime, battery charges for allegedly spitting on Asian woman inside her El Cerrito garage
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A Richmond man faces hate crime and battery charges after police said he followed an Asian woman into her El Cerrito garage, spit in her face and shouted race-based insults.
Ricky Allen Amos, 56, was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of battery and vandalism with a hate crime enhancement, Lauren Caputo, a lieutenant with El Cerrito Police, said in a statement. Amos also faces charges for being out of compliance with sex offender registration requirements. He remained in custody Tuesday evening at the Martinez Detention Facility, according to jail records.
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A man was arrested this morning on allegations that he shouted race-based insults at an Asian woman and spat in her face in El Cerrito.
At 9:25 a.m., El Cerrito police responded to a home near the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Everett Street and met with the victim, who said she had just returned home and parked in her garage when a man she didn’t know followed her into her garage.
“The man began shouting race-based insults at the woman and then spit in her face,” police said. “The man left the garage, and the woman called the police.”
Updated 3 hours ago
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A homeless man was arrested Tuesday after spitting in an Asian woman’s face inside her garage El Cerrito, police said.
The incident occurred outside the woman’s home near the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Everett Street at 9:25 a.m. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
She told police that she had returned home and was parked in her garage when she discovered a man, who she didn’t know, followed her into her garage and began shouting race-based insults before spitting in her face.
Updated on April 14, 2021 at 10:10 am
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A homeless man was arrested Tuesday after spitting in an Asian woman’s face inside her garage in El Cerrito, police said.
The incident occurred outside the woman’s home near the intersection of Potrero Avenue and Everett Street at 9:25 a.m.
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The woman told police that she had returned home and was parked in her garage when she discovered a man, who she didn’t know, followed her into the garage and began shouting race-based insults before spitting in her face.