ORINDA (KRON) — A 21-year-old man was arrested last week on suspicion of beating a man that is still hospitalized after a February attack in Orinda, Contra
Costa County sheriff’s officials said Monday.
Falealea Tytus Maka was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the Feb. 13 incident, sheriff’s officials said.
At 1:53 a.m., Maka was allegedly involved in a fight that broke out during a house party on Camino Encinas.
Sheriff’s officials said Maka knocked the person he was fighting unconscious outside the Orinda home and continued to beat the victim afterwards.
The victim, who is still in the hospital after suffering a serious head injury, is a 21-year-old Florida man who was attending Chabot College in Hayward, according to the sheriff’s office.
Shortly after the incident, Maka was identified as a suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest, sheriff’s officials said. He was arrested Wednesday in unincorporated Alameda County near San Leandro.
Maka also had an outstanding arrest warrant in Utah in connection with a home invasion and armed robbery, sheriff’s officials said.
He was booked into Martinez Detention Facility on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held on $2 million bail.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office was not immediately available to confirm that charges were filed against him.
Bay City News Service contributed to this report