A Californian man was arrested after allegedly breaking into the home of a sleeping couple, hitting a pregnant woman with a flashlight and biting her husband’s hand, and for sneaking into a nursing home in an attempt to kidnap a resident.
David Jonathan Margoliash, 48, is charged with burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and attempted kidnapping. He is being held without bail at the Marin County Jail, according to San Rafael police.
Margoliash entered a home on Ross Street in San Rafael around 1 a.m. Saturday when a man living in the home called police to report that someone had just entered through the back door and attacked him and his pregnant wife before walking away.
The woman told police she woke up to a noise and found Margoliash in her living room before she started screaming and waking her husband.
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David Jonathan Margoliash, 48, is charged with burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and attempted kidnapping. (San Rafael Police Department)
Margoliash then hit her on the head with a flashlight, resulting in minor injuries. She managed to take the flashlight from Margoliash and her husband got into a physical fight with the suspect to push him out of the house.
During the struggle, Margoliash bit the man’s hand. The man eventually managed to force Margoliash out of the house and then pushed him down a patio staircase. Margoliash fell to the sidewalk below and ran away.
The man and woman were treated for their injuries at a local hospital.
Multiple police agencies, including one department’s K-9 unit, searched for Margoliash but were initially unsuccessful.
Margoliash is being held in the Marin County Jail without bail. (iStock)
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 an employee of a transportation service who wanted to take an elderly patient to Santa Rosa.
Officers arrived on scene and discovered that Margoliash had walked in and out of the facility several times claiming to be a patient transport employee. Facility staff asked for credentials, but he was unable to verify his claims. The staff determined he was lying and prevented him from taking the patient, and Margoliash left the facility.
But two nurses still followed Margoliash an official informed in the area, who subsequently arrested the suspect.
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Margoliash has an extensive criminal history. (iStock)
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Margoliash was identified as a suspect in the burglary of the couple’s home and in the attempted kidnapping of a nursing home patient.
While in custody, police said Margoliash made several incriminating statements about his actions in both cases.
Margoliash has one extensive criminal historyincluding his arrest in March for pepper-spraying a mosque member at the Islamic Center of North Marin during Ramadan. He is awaiting sentencing for that incident after pleading guilty.
