Hatchet Attack Charges: 3-Strikes Transient

SAN LEANDRO, CA — A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a hatchet attack last week on a 56-year-old man, San Leandro police said today.

Trevor Vee, a transient with ties to Berkeley, was taken into custody on Friday, said San Leandro police Lt. Issac Benabou.

Police were first alerted to the attack early Thursday morning, when the victim showed up at a San Leandro hospital with a serious head wound on his forehead and a fractured skull, Benabou said.

Vee is suspected of attacking the victim, who is also a transient, in the 1600 block of Alvarado Street, according to police. Video surveillance from a nearby business shows a male suspect and a female friend assaulting the victim, Benabou said.

A description was released and on Friday, patrol officers located the suspect and woman at a gas station in the 1100 block of East 14th Street, a few blocks from the crime scene.

Vee was charged Monday by the Alameda County District Attorney with assault with a deadly weapon to include great bodily injury, with several felony enhancement charges. He is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 13 to enter a plea.

Vee, a third-strike offender, is in custody at Santa Rita Jail.

(Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news from your California neighborhood. Also, download the free Patch iPhone app or free Patch Android app. Also, be sure to follow your local Patch on Facebook!)

Also See:

• Apple Has Over 600 Job Openings In The Bay Area Right Now
• $770 Million In Unclaimed Money Held By CA
• List Of All ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’ Restaurants In Northern California
• The 100 Best Places To Live In California Ranked 2018
• Please Don't Help My Kids

— Bay City News; Image via SLPD