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Staff Report
Posted: 01/05/2010 12:31:44 PM PST
A San Rafael man who gave a beggar $1 was punched in the face because the recipient wanted more money, police said.
The incident occurred in the Canal neighborhood, where the 22-year-old victim was walking on Medway Road last week. When a man approached the victim and asked for money, the victim gave a dollar.
The recipient, dissatisfied with the offering, punched the victim twice in the face, said police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher. According to the victim, the attacker said: "One dollar is of no use to me. Give me five or six dollars."
The victim ran and called police. Officers arrested a suspect, Alex Lopez-Gonzalez, down the street.
Lopez-Gonzalez, a 25-year-old San Rafael resident, was being held in lieu of $35,000 bail. He was also being detained on a federal immigration hold pending investigation into his citizenship status