BSO: Man arrested for unprovoked attack on elderly bus rider in Pompano Beach

Functionaries arrested a man who they explained attacked an elderly customer while riding the bus in Pompano Beach Detectives for the Broward Sheriff s Office disclosed they arrested -year-old Maurice Bradwell on Friday Investigators commented the attack happened near the block of Southwest th Avenue at approximately p m on March Eyewitnesses described deputies that the elderly victim was sitting alone on the bus when Bradwell walked up and began cursing at him Due to the suspect s aggressive behavior detectives explained the transit driver stopped the bus and petitioned the passengers to exit When the elderly man approached the driver to ask why the bus was stopped that s when personnel noted Bradwell attacked the elderly person without warning Investigators reported the attack knocked the elderly man s cellphone out of his hand and left him unconscious Bradwell then allegedly took the man s phone and exited the bus The elderly man was transported to Broward Soundness North to be treated for multiple injuries Bradwell faces charges for aggravated battery on a person over years of age and aggravated robbery