A homeless man was arrested for allegedly assaulting California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on a sidewalk in downtown Oakland earlier this week.
California Highway Patrol (CHP), which provides security for Newsom, identified the man as Serge Emanuel Benoit Chaumette Jr., 54, from Berkeley. He was booked for assault on a public official and resisting an officer and held at the Santa Rita Jail. His bail was set at $35,000. A woman claiming to be Chaumette’s sister told The Associated Press he is homeless and mentally ill, and the accusation was “consistent with his past behavior.” The jail’s booking log, however, reportedly listed Chaumette’s occupation as “pumping gas.”
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