Arrest Made in Brutal Beating of Home Owners Association President
Arrest in brutal beatdown of home owners association president
Fort Lauderdale Police are looking for a man who brutally beat and robbed a man on a bicycle.
Police say they've made an arrest in the brutal beating of a Fort Lauderdale home owners association president that was caught on tape.
Jamal Patrick Pinkney, 27, was arrested Monday and charged with robbery and battery in the Nov. 4 attack which happened in the parking lot of the Villas of Lakeview apartment complex at 5200 Northwest 31st Avenue, according to Fort Lauderdale Police.
Police say Arthur Burns, the president of the Lakeview home owners association, was trying to quiet down a noise disturbance at one of the units when he was suddenly attacked.
Surveillance video of the attack, released earlier this month, shows Burns standing next to his bicycle and talking on a phone before the suspect sneaks up behind him and sucker punches him in the side of his head.
Burns collapses to the ground, and the suspect begins rummaging through his pockets. When Burns tries to get up, he's punched twice in the head, then kicked in the head by the suspect. The suspect got away with Burns' iPhone.
Pinkney was being held on $26,500 bond Tuesday. It was unknown whether he has an attorney.
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