TBS Today, Dec. 5
A homeless man who attacked a Berkeley High student Wednesday for no reason has been charged with felony assault and child abuse, according to court records and police.
Suspect Denarian Shipp had already been arrested by BART police that day on suspicion of battery, resulting from a fight on a BART train. He was booked at Berkeley Jail but was out of custody in a matter of hours, records show.
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