HOMELESS BEATING 11/23/12 7:00a DMF

TWO SALINAS RESTAURANT OWNERS WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR THE BRUTAL BEATING OF A HOMELESS MAN. BACK IN OCTOBER A CONCERNED CITIZEN REPORTED TO POLICE A VICTIM HAS BEEN BEATEN. IN THE REPORT IT WAS STATED A 55-YEAR OLD TRANSIENT MAN HAD BEEN INJURED. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE IT WAS OBVIOUS THE VICTIM WAS SERIOUSLY HURT AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL WAS CALLED IN. THE TWO SUSPECTS 43 YEAR OLD ROBERT DELEON AND 32 YEAR OLD JAMES DELEON OWNERS OF THE XL GRIND HOUSE RESTAURANT WERE IDENTIFIED BY POLICE. ON WEDNESDAY DETECTIVES CONTACTED BOTH SUSPECTS ON THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAIN STREET IN SALINAS AND ARRESTED THEM WITHOUT INCIDENT.