Posted on 06/10/2022 12:24:43 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Surveillance video caught a man entering a Phoenix phone store Saturday and brutally beating a female employee working alone behind the counter — punching and stomping on her 25 times in an unprovoked attack.
Even when she screamed she was pregnant as a possible way of getting him to stop, the attacker kept beating her.
The 22-year-old victim asked the man, "How can I help you?" as he approached the counter of the Cricket Wireless store near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road around 5 p.m., KSAZ-TV reported.
The man began to answer and then suddenly punched the woman, landing a total of 16 punches and nine stomps to her head as the victim screamed for her life, begging him to stop.
After the attack, the man went to the back of the store and stole several items and cash, police told the station. The victim was able to run to the next-door business to call for help, but the suspect fled before authorities arrived, KSAZ reported.
Police received multiple tips about the suspect's identity after releasing surveillance video of the attack, the station said, adding that 33-year-old Michael Cook was arrested three days later.
Cook faces multiple charges, including robbery, kidnapping, assault, and criminal trespassing, KSAZ said, adding that he was booked Wednesday into Maricopa County Jail.
Image source: KSAZ-TV video screenshot Cook's mother reportedly told police her son wasn't taking his schizophrenia medication, the station said, adding that police paperwork indicated Cook heard voices in his head telling him to kill himself, so he took his anger out on the victim.
Paperwork also shows Cook admitted to stealing three phones and selling two of them for fentanyl and meth, KSAZ reported.
Tearful victim calls attack 'evil' Maria Coronado spoke to the station Wednesday and said the man — a regular customer — had been watching her all day and waited until she was alone before attacking her.
"You could just hear me screaming," a tearful Coronado told KSAZ. "It just breaks my heart that no matter what I did -- I plead[ed] with him, I even told him I was pregnant just to see if maybe with that he would stop, and he didn't. He just kept on going and going and going."
She also told the station she has "several stitches from my eyebrow to my nose. I have two fractured nose bones, and obviously, my face has a lot of trauma to it."
Coronado added to KSAZ she was afraid the man would kill her if she fought back and called the attack "evil."
"He knew what he was doing," she added to the station. "This was premeditated. He came four times the whole day, just seeing if there [were] customers, if I was alone." Coronado said days before the attack, the man "literally told a manager, 'I’m going to come back and kill you.'"
However, Coronado told KSAZ no one called police about the man's prior threats.
"If they would have said something ... they probably would have caught him, and this wouldn’t have happened," she told the station, adding that she doesn't want to return to work: "It's just scary ... We can't be alone."
KSAZ said it reached out to Cricket Wireless for a statement but didn't immediately receive a reply. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover Coronado's medical expenses.
THIS. IS. A. HATE. CRIME.
Throw this creep into shark-infested waters and be done with it.
Yes, it was a negro.
These are the people that need to be in asylums. Mentally ill off his meds and looking to buy meth. Its only a matter of time before they do something horrible like this.
Go get Marshall Dillon.
Ladies, start carrying. Forget what the law says, you have a RIGHT to defend yourselves. Shoot these mfers between the eyes and let the buzzards have at em.
Just sayin.
Surprise, surprise, surprise...race of professional victims.
Cook's mother reportedly told police her son wasn't taking his schizophrenia medicationCuz he was smoking dope all day long, which caused his schizophrenia in the first place.
If the Yankees could see the results of their war against the South they’d think twice about what they fought for. If Southerners could see into the future they’d picked their own cotton.
Me too. He’d find himself enjoying a shallow grave in the desert. Who’s going to miss him?
Yes, I can confirm that. 100%!
Yes, I can confirm that. 100%!
“Cook’s mother reportedly told police her son wasn’t taking his schizophrenia medication”
Schizophrenia makes you steal? I did not know that...
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-disorders/schizophrenia-signs-and-symptoms.htm
Early warning signs of schizophrenia
In some people, schizophrenia appears suddenly and without warning. But for most, it comes on slowly, with subtle warning signs and a gradual decline in functioning, long before the first severe episode. Often, friends or family members will know early on that something is wrong, without knowing exactly what.
In this early phase of schizophrenia, you may seem eccentric, unmotivated, emotionless, and reclusive to others. You may start to isolate yourself, begin neglecting your appearance, say peculiar things, and show a general indifference to life. You may abandon hobbies and activities, and your performance at work or school can deteriorate.
The most common early warning signs include:
Depression, social withdrawal
Hostility or suspiciousness, extreme reaction to criticism
Deterioration of personal hygiene
Flat, expressionless gaze
Inability to cry or express joy or inappropriate laughter or crying
Oversleeping or insomnia; forgetful, unable to concentrate
Odd or irrational statements; strange use of words or way of speaking
While these warning signs can result from a number of problems—not just schizophrenia—they are cause for concern. When out-of-the-ordinary behavior is causing problems in your life or the life of a loved one, seek medical advice. If schizophrenia or another mental problem is the cause, getting treatment early will help.
Chick looks a little like Rhonda Rousey.
Wish it had been.
THAT would have been a satisfying video.
Chimps gonna chimp.
Thanks.
In my travels to some 3rd world countries (I don’t count Portland as a country) I have seen concrete walls around residences with broken glass bottles cemented to the top.
Soon to appear in our urban areas.
How about a state run victim’s fund pays her expenses plus pain and suffering up front...
And the perp does hard labor (like making little rocks out of big in the hot sun) until the victim’s fund is paid back in full...
Then we can start to talk about parole...
I know, I know, much too rational and civilized...
Solution?
Click BAMM!
End of attack.
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