Man Pleads Not Guilty To Deadly Baseball Bat Beating At Walmart
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The suspect in a deadly attack on a 74-year-old man at a Lakewood Walmart store pleaded not guilty Tueday.
Richard Lawrence Kalfin, 47, is accused of beating Dave Oakleaf to death with a baseball bat on Nov. 1.
Witnesses say Kalfin, a transient, approached Oakleaf in the store's sporting goods section asked if he could spare some change.
Kalfin allegedly became upset with the way the Oakleaf responded, and attacked him with a baseball bat.
Surveillance cameras captured video of Kalfin leaving the store, and he was later arrested. He's being held on $1 million bail.
"We express our deepest condolences to the family of this man as they grieve the loss of their loved one. We are working closely with law enforcement to offer what information we have such as surveillance video that might help with the investigation," Walmart said in a statement earlier this month.
If convicted, Kalfin could be sentenced to 57 years to life in prison.
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