Jonah Roper, the man accused of stabbing his 60-year-old mother to death in the Berkeley hills on Saturday, has a lengthy criminal history spanning nearly two decades, court records show.
Roper, 36, has been charged previously with multiple felonies for robbery, burglary and battery.
Roper was identified in the bank robbery by his probation officer who recognized him in surveillance photos, theRoper's violent past also includes misdemeanors for alleged domestic violence, among charges dating back to the mid-2000s. Roper has used multiple aliases over the years and has gone by Jonah Ghizzoni-Roper, as well as Jesus El Senor, court records show. Roper was arrested in 2014 in Florida four times in three months for disorderly conduct, petty theft, larceny and resisting arrest.
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