A man who was caught on camera attacking a bicyclist and calling him an antisemitic slur in Dania Beach earlier this month has been arrested, authorities said.
Tevin Grant, 28, was arrested Tuesday and faces one count of aggravated assault in the Feb. 7 incident, Broward Sheriff's Office officials said.
The Broward State Attorney's Office will determine whether he will face a hate crime enhancement.
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The incident happened in the 2400 block of Stirling Road and was captured by a surveillance camera.
The victim, later identified as 19-year-old Yaccov Carney, told detectives he was talking on the phone in Hebrew while riding his bicycle when a man called him an antisemitic slur and punched him in the face.
"Like every other father in the world, they hear something like that. It's shocking. You know, it’s traumatizing," said Ronen Carney, the victim's father.
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In the video, the victim is seen getting up from the fall and the suspect approaches him again before walking away.
The victim was hospitalized with several injuries after the attack, detectives said.
Authorities also provided cellphone video showing the attacker getting into a verbal altercation with several workers in the area who witnessed the attack, but he eventually left.
Minutes before the teen was punched in the face, Ronen Carney said he was at the family rug cleaning business nearby. He got a call from his son while the teen was biking home.
"He said that the guy said to him the f-word and punching you, you f-word Jew and punching for no reason, because he was talking on his phone, you know, like in the headset and talking to somebody in Hebrew," he said. "And he heard the language somehow and punch him, I don't know, for no reason."
Surveillance shows Yaccov Carney being hit in the face before crashing into this cement pole. The teen then biked home, bloodied, where he lost consciousness.
"He ran away to the house. And when they get to the house, he lost consciousness," Ronen Carney said. "And my wife was there with my daughter and they called the ambulance and they took him to the hospital. I don't know how he got home with his bike with blood. He lost so much blood. He got five stitches."
Grant was booked into jail. Attorney information wasn't available.
