Encinitas CA— Earlier today, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department released a video of a store clerk being brutally attacked in a Chevron Station in hopes the suspect would be recognized. See the full story [here]
Later in the afternoon, at 4:30 p.m. the male and a female companion were recognized, by North Coastal Station Deputies as the couple drove away from a Walmart on Leucadia Boulevard in Encinitas.
The deputies recognized them from the Crime Stoppers video they watched earlier in their shift. The deputies conducted a traffic stop on their vehicle and confirmed the occupants were the same as in the San Marcos surveillance video.
The male suspect was identified as 32-year-old Fredrick Cato from Carlsbad. Cato was arrested for 245(a)(1) PC-Assault Likely to Cause Great Bodily Injury and 3056 PC-Parole Hold. He is being booked into the Vista Detention Facility.
The female was questioned and released. The investigation is continuing.
Carlsbad Man Arrested in San Marcos Assault Incident
October 7, 2016
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