SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Salt Lake City man is behind bars after allegedly punching a deaf person in the face and stealing his beer Sunday.
Demond Lamont Parsons, 31, was arrested and booked on multiple assault charges as well as robbery and public intoxication.
According to charging documents, police received reports of a fight happening at a gas station. Upon arrival, they met the victim, a deaf man, who went to the gas station to buy two beers.
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While walking out, Parsons allegedly confronted the man. When he did not respond, witnesses say Parsons punched him in the face and multiple times in the shoulder. The man’s interpreter told officers he tried to break up the fight but was also punched in the shoulder multiple times…