A 66 YEAR OLD RETIRED BUSINESS MAN FROM KING CITY WAS BEATEN AND ROBBED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE VICTIM WAS PLAYING A GUITAR FOR TIPS IN FRONT OF A STORE ON THE 5-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CANAL STREET WHEN HE WAS VERBALLY ASSAULTED BY A TRANSIENT. AS THE VICTIM TRIED TO PUT AWAY HIS GUITAR AND TIPS, THE SUSPECT PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND MADE OFF WITH A GUITAR AND CASE ALONG WITH TIPS. WITNESSES GUIDED KING CITY POLICE AND MONTEREY COUNTY DEPUTIES TO THE SUSPECT, WHO THEN BECAME COMBATIVE WITH THE OFFICERS. 33 YEAR OLD CLINTON WESLEE CRANDALL WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON ROBBERY AND ASSAULT CHARGES.
