After spending less than 48 hours in custody, the man arrested in connection with a stranger attack at Kits Beach has been released back into the community.
On June 28, just before 2:00 p.m., the Vancouver Police Department received several 911 calls from witnesses reporting a man striking an unsuspecting woman in the head with a piece of wood. She was walking along the beach with her partner when the stranger allegedly struck her from behind.
Witnesses described the weapon as a piece of lumber or driftwood approximately the size and thickness of a baseball bat.
Vancouver Police arrested Carlos Caldera Duarte inside a store near the beach. The victim, who was bleeding from the head and drifting in and out of consciousness, was taken to hospital for treatment. She is expected to recover.
Caldera Duarte was charged with one count of assault with a weapon. He was released from custody yesterday with court-imposed conditions and is scheduled to return to court on July 7.
