MARTINEZ – Two 18-year-old girls are dealing with fees in reference to an alleged assault on a 62-year-old man final week in Walnut Creek, in response to prosecutors.
Walnut Creek resident Jaycee Behnke and Harmony resident Antonina Abdulwajid are charged with second-degree theft and assault by means prone to produce nice bodily damage, the Contra Costa County District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced Wednesday.
The alleged assault occurred round 11 p.m. on Aug. 7 in a grocery store car parking zone within the 1900 block of Tice Valley Boulevard.
Prosecutors mentioned Behnke, Abdulwajid and two ladies, ages 15 and 17, drove as much as the sufferer, who was sitting within the passenger of a van whereas his companion shopped inside the shop, and circled him a number of occasions.
When the sufferer exited the van and walked towards their automobile, which was stopped close by, one of many ladies jumped out and began attacking him, in response to prosecutors.
“Abdulwajid and the other juvenile then joined the assault, punching and kicking the victim until he fell to the ground, where he was kicked repeatedly by one of the juveniles,” prosecutors mentioned, including that video footage and witness statements confirmed the assault.
The person was injured within the assault and robbed of private property, in response to prosecutors.
All 4 suspects have been discovered lower than half a mile away from the scene and arrested. The ladies have been booked into the Martinez Detention Facility and the women into Contra Costa County Juvenile Corridor.
Behnke was arraigned on Tuesday and Abdulwajid on Wednesday. Bail for each girls was set at $80,000. They’re scheduled to return to courtroom on Aug. 22 for a preliminary listening to.
If convicted of the fees, each girls might face a most sentence of six years in state jail.
The circumstances for the women will proceed confidentially by the county’s juvenile courtroom.
Initially Revealed: August 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM PDT
