California man who beat elderly woman with bat captured in Oklahoma

Los Angeles Times - Oct 29, 2026

Erik Navarro, 26, was taken into custody by San Bernardino County Sheriff's detectives Monday and booked on charges of robbery, causing injury to an elder, assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery and destruction of a wireless communication device for beating a Crestline elder with a bat.

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