{"id":278932,"date":"2026-04-21T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278932\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:58:07","slug":"suspect-in-san-jose-bakery-attack-arrested-in-arkansas-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278932\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in San Jose bakery attack arrested in Arkansas, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A San Jose man suspected of attacking a customer at a local bakery late last year was arrested by authorities more than 1,500 miles away in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the attack took place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/san-jose-peters-bakery-customer-attacked-equipment-damaged-caught-on-video\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peters&#8217; Bakery on Alum Rock Avenue<\/a> on the afternoon of Dec. 17. Officers said an adult male suspect attempted to sell products to the bakery and became enraged when an employee declined.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2402029246906425\/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZacvLH864cJ4jLziXyoYuUJSJpUWCiRorFV2fGL_k7kKyb_8WRQxCLh2b7xTLpUtUWobqClCD5KK3CwAK9JibOFSHflmOehnlrtTItvN9UbgOefFFKOeZFXuzS3sVp1xuc_og0aux4xh3MO6PcAXnI14XW1SVVMU_2hQgDpjQESPTg2BK36qJYeWOLaX0EGFEFkQRz1pOec4CJWIQWskQB8&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Video posted by the bakery<\/a> showed the suspect pushing over a cash register and other items before leaving. As he attempted to leave, the suspect is seen attacking a woman attempting to record the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He tackled her to the sidewalk and smashed her camera,&#8221; the bakery said following the incident. &#8220;Our staff rushed to her aid, but he fled. We are heartbroken for our customer and our team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The woman was treated at the scene for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, detectives with the department&#8217;s Assaults Unit were able to identify a suspect and obtain an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n<p>On Mar. 3, authorities in Fort Smith, Arkansas located the suspect while responding to a call for service for alleged trespassing. The suspect, identified as 44-year-old Eugene Morgan was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and on the arrest warrant out of San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When someone attacks a local business and a resident, they don&#8217;t get to hide. Our officers and detectives identified the suspect, secured a warrant, and worked with law enforcement partners in Arkansas to bring him back to California,&#8221; Mayor Matt Mahan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Paul Joseph added, &#8220;Hiding in Arkansas won&#8217;t hide the fact you terrorized a resident, a local business, and a community as a whole. You have now returned to face the consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Morgan was extradited back to California on Apr. 9 and was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail. The Santa Clara County District Attorney&#8217;s Office has charged Morgan for felony vandalism and felony intimidation of a witness with violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Jose man suspected of attacking a customer at a local bakery late last year was arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[549,2598,88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-278932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-arkansas","9":"tag-assault","10":"tag-san-jose","11":"tag-san-jose-headlines","12":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}