A private unarmed neighborhood patrolman suffered broken hands and wrists, after he was beaten by residential burglary suspects in Oakland's Oakmore neighborhood on February 22 in broad daylight.
72-year-old Alex Igbineweka described the violent beating as the most traumatic and painful experience he's ever gone through.
Igbineweka said he received a call from a homeowner, after she watched the burglary in progress on her home surveillance video."As soon as I did the first shot, the people saw me and they all came out, three of them. They attack me with whatever equipment they have, beat me up. It was a horrible, horrible, scene," he said.
He is recovering after surgery this week at home. Igbineweka has two casts on his hands and wrists, and is unable to eat and perform basic tasks without assistance. A neighbor who wanted to stay anonymous said that an officer told her that the stolen car later turned up abandoned in Oakland shortly after the crime.She said an armed robbery took place outside her home just weeks before. Her contractors were robbed in broad daylight. Several other neighbors and their contractors have been recent victims of brazen carjackings, robberies, and burglaries. The normally quiet, residential neighborhood has seen an uptick in crime this past month.
"It's bad, but thank God I'm alive, it could have been worse," said Igbineweka of his pain Friday night.
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