A surprise arrest in senior citizen beating
One of the three suspects who beat up an 83-year-old was arrested.
Investigators with the court system's bench warrant unit got a two-for-one deal Saturday when serving a warrant on a woman led them to one of the three men allegedly responsible for Wednesday's beating of 83-year-old John Gabel inside the men's room in the Gallery.
Lt. Sam Turner and his team converged on a notorious drug lair on Simpson Street near Pearl, in West Philadelphia, about 1:30 a.m. Saturday to serve a warrant on a woman wanted for a probation violation.
"The female who was the target of our investigation and another male tried to flee out the back," Turner said.
The male, later identified by police as Joseph Peruto, 27, of 66th Street near Lansdowne Avenue, in West Philadelphia, was acting strangely, police said.
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