The Brief
- A man was arrested after allegedly attacking three contractors with a 5-foot metal pipe when they found him sleeping inside a shuttered church near UC Berkeley and asked him to leave, police said.
- Donald Malone, 28, is also accused of causing about $20,000 in damage to the church.
- Cellphone video shows him yelling at the contractors and approaching them before the alleged attack.
BERKELEY, Calif. – A man has been arrested and charged with assault and vandalism after police say he attacked three men with a metal pipe when they found him sleeping inside a shuttered church near the University of California, Berkeley. Police said the man also trashed the church.
Incident caught on video
The backstory:
Cellphone video taken by one of the victims shows Donald Malone, 28, holding a 5-foot metal pipe and yelling at the three men, who are contractors working on the property.
“Hey! You’re acting like you’re innocent!” Malone says.…