A California man was arrested on suspicion of breaking into a sleeping couple's home, hitting a pregnant woman with a flashlight and biting her husband's hand, and of trying to sneak into a nursing home and kidnap residents. It was done.
David Jonathan Margoliash, 48, is charged with felony robbery, felony assault with a deadly weapon and felony attempted kidnapping. He is being held in the Marin County Jail without bail, according to the San Rafael Police Department.
Margoliash entered a home on Ross Street in San Rafael around 1 a.m. Saturday, but the man who lived there said “someone entered through the back door, attacked him and his pregnant wife, and then fled.” I reported it to the police.
The woman told police she woke up to a noise and found Margoliash in the living room, then screamed and woke her husband.
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David Jonathan Margoliash, 48, is charged with felony robbery, felony assault with a deadly weapon and felony attempted kidnapping. (San Rafael Police Department)
Margoliash then hit her in the head with a flashlight, causing minor injuries. She succeeded in taking the flashlight from Margoliash, but her husband got into a fistfight with the suspect in order to force him from the house.
During the fight, Margoliash bit the man's hand. The man eventually forced Margoliash out of the house and pushed him down the patio steps. Margoliash fell to the pavement below and fled.
The couple was treated for their injuries at a local hospital.
Multiple law enforcement agencies, including one police department's K-9 unit, searched for Margoliash but initially could not find him.
Margoliash is being held in the Marin County Jail without bail. (St. Petersburg)
Then, at 5:18 a.m., police received a call from a skilled nursing facility in the 1600 block of Fifth Avenue about a man claiming to be a transportation service employee who wanted to take elderly patients to Santa Rosa.
When officers arrived at the scene, they learned that Margoliash had been in and out of the facility multiple times, claiming to be a patient transport service employee. Employees at the facility asked for identification but were unable to verify the person's claims. Staff members determined that Margoliash was lying, prevented him from admitting patients, and he left the facility.
However, two nurses were still following Margoliash and alerted police officers in the area, who took the suspect into custody.
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Margoliash has an extensive criminal history. (St. Petersburg)
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Margoliash was identified as a suspect in the robbery of the couple's home and the attempted kidnapping of a nursing home patient.
Police said that while in custody, Margoliash made several incriminating statements about his actions in both incidents.
Margoliash has an extensive criminal history, including an arrest in March for pepper spraying mosque members at the North Marin Islamic Center during Ramadan. He is awaiting sentencing in that case after pleading guilty.
