Man Upset With Condo Association - Beat 78 y.o. Member - Jailed

[matcom]

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A man accused of badly beating an elderly member of his Dana Point homeowners association board had been wrangling with the group for years, neighbors said Monday.

But residents and board members were still in shock at the allegation that Charles Mineo attacked 78-year-old Lucy Deabreu on Saturday afternoon. Authorities said Mineo entered Deabreu's condo through an unlocked door, punched her in the face, pounded her head against the floor and a bedpost several times, and tried to strangle her.

Mineo, a 47-year-old accountant who used his condo as a weekend getaway, was arrested a few hours after the attack at his principal residence in Riverside.

Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said Deabreu was released from the hospital Monday. She suffered a concussion, abrasions to her head and face, and had lost teeth.

Vera Oblatt, who lives two doors from Mineo in the neatly groomed 15-unit complex on Street of the Amber Lantern, said she is having a difficult time believing her neighbor could commit such a crime. Oblatt visited Mineo in jail Sunday night and said that he asked her, "Do you still like me?"

"He's a good fellow," she said. "He really is. I don't know what happened."

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-condo16mar16.story

[GOPisEvil]

1. Attacked a 78 year-old woman in her home?

Goodness...what a freak! Who says accountants are dull and meek? :P

[matcom]

2. you just made a rhyme!

:D